Course 237 · Lesson 03

After Dark: The Art of Night Photography

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Quality at the Source: Raw Depth and the Aperture Sweet Spot

237.3 Lesson 03 of 08 3 quiz questions 1 assignment

At night, quality is decided before you press the shutter. A 14-bit raw holds four times the tonal values of a 12-bit file, with shadow detail about two stops brighter — and the lens’s sweet spot, not its extremes, gives the sharpest night frame.

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