[HDR-photo] I'd like to buy a new camera with an eye to doing HDR photography.

[Bernhard Vogl]

Hello Tom,

I'm certainly not able to find the perfect camera for your needs, but some considerations:

Currently i am not aware of any camera that can do real HDR bracketing (more than +-2 EV).
So, especially when you plan to shoot indoor, you might consider thethered shooting to circumvent in-camera bracketing limitations. Although, there is not much software for wide bracketing ranges available at the moment, this will certainly/hopefully be adressed in the future. Selecting a camera that supports the USB PTP protocol should put you on the secure side.
Above is for general use with any camera. Alternatively, there are some more knowing Canon users that can tell more about software for Canon cameras (if i remember correctly, there is some special software available)

Best regards
Bernhard

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Datum: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:33:53 -0500
Von: "Tom Ritchford" <tom at swirly.com>
An: HDR-photo at hdr-photography.com
Betreff: [HDR-photo] I\'d like to buy a new camera with an eye to doing HDR	photography.

> Hello, HDR photo enthusiasts.
> 
> I've been doing digital photography since 1999, using a series of
> consumer-level cameras.   After about 40,000 photos and a few
> publications I'd like to step up to a better camera some time next
> year so I'm starting to do my research now.
> 
> I've been interested in HDR photography for about a year and so being
> a good platform for taking high-dynamic range photographs is an
> important criterion for this new machine.
> 
> I'd like to spend less than about $2K for everything -- which would
> mean a camera body, lenses (assuming this will be a DSLR, which seems
> likely right now), a tripod and cases.
> 
> I'm particularly interested in trying the limits of the field --
> trying very narrow or very wide bracketing exposures, or very many of
> them, and experimenting with the HDR compositing software (I'm leaning
> towards Photomatix).  I'm an engineer so I'm quite prepared to dive
> into the manuals in order to get maximum programmability.
> 
> I'm thinking that a lot of the photography will be done indoors in
> low- to medium-light but I of course don't want to rule out outdoor
> photography completely.
> 
> 
> Any suggestions will be very gratefully received and I'll report back
> with progress.  Thanks in advance!
> 
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