Photomatix HDR

On 22 Feb., 05:50, <no_spam_from_scumbags.RemoveThis@die_scumbags.com> wrote:
> It will be sometime before you see real HDR in a camera. For one thing you
> have to shoot with a tripod, it doesn't work with moving images and the
> amount of memory and processing power required is far more than any camera
> has or will have for quite sometime.

It's not necessary to generate a HDR-image out of a set of images -
one image is also sufficient. No need for a tripod. I think some kind
of HDR-functionality will appear quite fast in consumer cameras as
it's a only a matter of how the firmware handles the dynamic range of
a raw image to produce a jpeg. Quality is a different question.

br,
stephan
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<no_spam_from_scumbags.TakeThisOut@die_scumbags.com> wrote in message
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> Nothing you have mentioned is an HDR image. To be a true HDR images it has
> to be from multiple exposures, not from any single image, etc. Get your
> term usage correct. As for true HDR being in a camera it won't happen
> until it has the processing power and memory of a desktop computer or
> laptop. A tripod is needed in order to shoot the multiple exposures
> otherwise they won't line up.
>
> If you want to talk poor cousin fakes then cameras like many Nikon already
> have a fake option. It isn't at all impressive, but if fake is your thing
> go for it. Just don't call it HDR.
>
>

HDR is "fake" as it usually is made from several exposures. Now go cry to
momma
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Apparently there is already a sensor that does native HDR by recording
several images at different sensitivities and combining them using some
tone-mapping algorithm. However, I have to agree with no_spam that there is
a difference between an HDR image using different exposures merged and one
which simply merges differently processed versions of the same image, as the
latter is bound to have much lower noise and much better dynamic range. That
being said, there is a huge advantage to the latter, which is that can do it
with moving subjects...

Toby
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> <no_spam_from_scumbags.TakeThisOut@die_scumbags.com> wrote in message
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>> Nothing you have mentioned is an HDR image. To be a true HDR images it
>> has to be from multiple exposures, not from any single image, etc. Get
>> your term usage correct. As for true HDR being in a camera it won't
>> happen until it has the processing power and memory of a desktop computer
>> or laptop. A tripod is needed in order to shoot the multiple exposures
>> otherwise they won't line up.
>>
>> If you want to talk poor cousin fakes then cameras like many Nikon
>> already have a fake option. It isn't at all impressive, but if fake is
>> your thing go for it. Just don't call it HDR.
>>
>>
>
> HDR is "fake" as it usually is made from several exposures. Now go cry to
> momma
>
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On 22 Feb., 18:48, <no_spam_from_scumbags.RemoveThis@die_scumbags.com> wrote:
> Nothing you have mentioned is an HDR image. To be a true HDR images it has
> to be from multiple exposures, not from any single image, etc. Get your term
> usage correct. As for true HDR being in a camera it won't happen until it
> has the processing power and memory of a desktop computer or laptop. A
> tripod is needed in order to shoot the multiple exposures otherwise they
> won't line up.
>
> If you want to talk poor cousin fakes then cameras like many Nikon already
> have a fake option. It isn't at all impressive, but if fake is your thing go
> for it. Just don't call it HDR.

I was saying: "Quality is a different question". So, regarding quality
I'm with you, you need more than one exposure to generate a decent HDR-
image. But nevertheless, the software I use also accepts only one
picture to generate a HDR, and I must say, I was surprised about the
result - if you may call it *true* HDR or not ...
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