01/09/2011 – Increasing Range with Curves

It is important to remember that the human eye is able to see a far wider dynamic range than any camera currently on the market.

A standard 35mm digital camera such as the Canon 5D can capture a dynamic range of +/- three stops. A Medium format camera today can capture a dynamic range of +/- five stops, and a large format camera can capture a dynamic drange of +/0 seven stops; impressive, until you compare it to the human eye (+/- 20 stops with 10 times the contrast of a Canon 1 Mark IV).

Robert Feinman has an article that can help you expand your range and maximize the color in an image. It is well worth the read:

http://robertdfeinman.com/tips/tip36/index.html