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Chapter 7

Extending the dynamic range

For many years now, everyone has become preoccupied with counting the numbers of pixels in a digital capture as if this is the one benchmark of image quality that matters above all else. Size isn't everything though and it is really the quality of the pixel capture we should be concerned with most. Digital SLR cameras tend to have better quality sensors than compact digital cameras and the large, high-end camera backs have features such as built-in cooling mechanisms that help them produce the very best in image capture quality. The one thing people haven't focused on so much is the dynamic range of a camera ...

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