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
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.
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