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Can a digital camera’s EV be adjusted in Manual mode?

I just got a Sony DSC-H50 and noticed the EV cannot be manually adjusted while in Manual Mode. It’s able to be adjusted in P, S, and A modes. But in Manual Mode, only shutter, aperture, flash, focus, ISO, etc. can be adjusted except for EV. The EV in my camera is Automatically adjusted while in manual mode, yes automatically in manual mode (doesn’t this defeat the purpose of manual mode?)
Is this common with all digital cameras in Manual Mode?

You don’t need it in manual mode. EV adjustments are for overriding the automatic programming of program, aperture or shutter priority, which will adjust to get you the perfect exposure. If you need a picture lighter, open your aperture or use a slower shutter. If you need it darker, close down your aperture or use a faster shutter speed. That’s all!

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What is meant by the term “objective truth”?

I am doing an essay on photography and one of the articles discusses the idea that digital images are contributing to a loss of “objective truth” in photographic images

objective: not depending on, or influenced by, personal opinions or prejudices.

objective truth, is truth which is not influence by personal opinion or prejudices.

Why on Earth would objective truth be lost because of digital photographic images? Surely how the image is made is irrelevant. The fact that many people are now taking images where previously only a few could afford to do so means that everybody is doing it. Those who have a vested interest in keeping photography to themselves are clearly upset. Sounds like a form of Luddism to me.

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information on digital vs analog photography debate…?

does anyone know any good books or articles that discuss / argue the digital vs. analog photography debate?
i need some reading material as i am researching an essay, i know what I want to say but I have to back it up with references.
oh and i’m interested in aesthetics (i.e. some people think digital is flat and boring and some think film is dreamy and nostalgic), not just quality of enlargements.

No, Nick had the right answer. Whether people like it or not. They can vote thumbs down all they want, but it’s a fact. Properly exposed film blows digital out of the water. I take pictures with both digital and film, and the landscape pictures I’ve taken with 35mm and 120 film are better than anything I’ve ever taken with a digital camera. Even the people I’ve shown my film pictures to in a blind test agree. You’re right that digital gives very “flat” and dull pictures. It’s true. But most people can’t tell the difference because they’re just taking quick snapshots, or they’ve never used film so they don’t have anything else to compare it to.

Film has much better lattitude and color saturation. Lattitude basically means how “forgiving” the picture is with exposure. Film tends to be much more forgiving about overexposure and underexposure, and will capture a decent picture with good mid-tones even if the lighting wasn’t ideal. Digital cameras tend to easily overexpose. They also have a very “cold” tone whereas pictures taken with film tend have much better tones, with warmer colors. And if you ask about black and white, then black and white film will take MUCH better pictures than digital grayscale. There isn’t even a comparison. If you take pictures with a digital camera on B&W mode, or if you convert a color digital picture to grayscale, a lot of the information will be lost. It will lose most of the mid-tones and will look very flat and dull. In fact, converting a color digital picture to black and white tends to add a lot of noise (grain) to the picture too.

Another proof of this is that a while back, someone posted a link to two sets of pictures. One set was taken with a digital camera, and the other was film. It was a blind test, and he asked people to choose which was film, and which was digital. Guess what? Everyone chose the wrong one. Everyone assumed that the dull, flat and overexposed pictures were taken with film and the clearer pictures with better colors were taken with digital. Wrong! It was the other way around. The better pictures were taken with FILM.

Like I said, vote thumbs down all you want. Digital is good for snapshots, but film takes better pictures, with better tones and better color saturation.

So for your research, you can say this:

- Film has better lattitude. This is also called “dynamic range” which means the tolerance below or above the “ideal” exposure. Digital cameras tend to easily overexpose, but film is more forgiving.

- Digital cameras give a very “cold” tone to pictures, but film gives warmer tones with better color saturation.

- Also, you can buy a completely manual vintage film camera that will give you total control over the exposure and focus (manual shutter speed, aperture, and focus) on eBay for less than $30. To get the same control in a digital camera, you would have to buy a digital SLR camera, and that would cost at least $400.

So there you have it. For references, try looking up books on traditional photography in a library. Also, you can try going to galleries and compare for yourself. Talk to photographers who take both digital and film pictures. Most of them will agree that film has better lattitude and does tend to give better colors.

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