On 29 Sep 2003, Ted Gould wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 07:45, Bart Garst wrote:
> > > 	- Adjusting Levels: Saving underexposed photos
> > 
> > Is this an issue with digital cameras?
> 
> Yes and No.  You can take underexposed pictures with film cameras also,
> but when you take the pictures to get developed usually the developer
> will fix this kind of stuff for you.  So, as far as the user is
> concerned, it is a problem with digital cameras.  In reality, it is more
> that you were paying someone to fix it for you.

I would like to make one point: if you underexpose negative film, color or 
black and white, you lose some shadow detail and *no* printer can save it.
I'd like to know how adjusting levels can compensate for this.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
"Nothing would please me more than being able to 
 hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market 
 with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976

 We are still waiting ....