Re: Question about Lenses

There is a good reason to shoot RAW instead of JPG, dynamic range. I rarely see good HDR shots, most look rather "wrong" or somewhat fake.

If you shoot JPG (this is 8 bit) shots, you have 256 levels of each, Red, Green and Blue (RG, so if you're trying in post processing, to save highlights or shadows, you may only have 4-8 levels to work with, not good!

With RAW files (these are 16 bit), you have over 60,000 levels of each RG&B to work with, so there's more detail in the nearly over or under-exposed areas to work with. This won't solve all problems with bright highlights and dark shadows, but it sure can help.

I shoot with:
Canon 7d and all Canon lenses
10-18 I have always been a wide angle person!
17-40 L pro grade lens
60mm macro (extremely sharp images at all focus distances)
35-350mm L pro lens, one that's relatively unknown, but rates very well over the range. It's 10:1 zoom is great, but with camera, around 6 pounds, which is a lot to carry very far in the mountains!

I use the first two lenses by far the most.

Steve