[WIP] Exposure Value Calculator for HDRI (EVCalc)

[ripken204]

and as usual, wouldn't taking a lot more exposures help instead of the somewhat default of 3? it would be faster too than using the program even if u had it on ur phone.

[Metric]

i aint bashing it. man no way, you've done more than i could even think about doing, i just don't get it or its practical use outside of a studio

No offense taken. I do realize the limited use of my program since it's currently tied down to Windows-based computers. I guess since I stick mostly to inside subjects, I forgot that there are people who shoot outside as well

and as usual, wouldn't taking a lot more exposures help instead of the somewhat default of 3? it would be faster too than using the program even if u had it on ur phone.

While more exposures will always result in better image quality, there's a point of diminishing returns since you can only cram so much information into the 16-bits of a TIFF or DNG.

Much of my program was influenced by this article on dynamic range by Guillermo Luijk. I guess I could say that my program is more of a mathematical than practical approach to doing HDR photography, providing the user the minimum number of shots needed.

My future plan is to allow importing of 16-bit TIFF or DNG files and do all of the blending in my program, creating an optimal 16-bit file with the full dynamic range embedded in it.