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What will be interesting as the suit plays out is whether Svenson is compelled to produce all the images he took, if there are others - and there probably are - and what those other images show.

For a photographer, the exposure net result includes the consideration of ISO.

This is a photography discussion board and despite the heavy dose of scientific discussion on this board, I think many of are photographers so those practical considerations are important.

If you've never edited before (starting from a clean slate) and don't have a desire to get deep, deep in video editing and story telling, fcpx is perfect.

If you have a history in understand NLE 3 point editing, then fcpX is a failure.

I'm not sure using FCPX would make one unable to tell a story .....  it's a tool, right?  We all get the fact you don't happen to like it
3-point edits are very easy in FCPX - here's one way to do it .....
http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/tutorials/690-the-basics-of-3-point-editing-in-fcpx-from-steve-martin-and-mark-spencer

The conclusion is that little of this is rocket science...

Cheers,
Bernard

Agreed ... I have just completed an eight week test of performing my entire RAW workflow with Aperture 3 vs Lr 4.x .... and in my estimation ... I am not missing out on much with using Aperture 3. Yes, PV2012 does have some advantages over Aperture 3 ... but not so significant as to deem my work in Aperture 3 as useless or worthless ... add in the factor that the Slideshow and Book features in Aperture 3 (which are both a significant enhancement to my personal bottom line) and it is a total win over what I could accomplish working strictly within Lightroom.

No single vendor should be allowed to dictate what their users should be able to accomplish ... and from this point forward ... I will NOT allow Adobe to do so for my interests ... even if they are judged by the masses as being "superior" ....

except some poor souls who want ACR and that means having (and being shoved to subscription model) PS (unless you agree w/ more limited ACR in PE).

Agreed ... it has become more than apparent that Adobe wishes us to become enslaved to their workflow (regardless if they may appear to be more efficient on the surface)  ... so in that respect, I don't think it is quite necessary to to disavow alternative options that could get us to the final result, though they may be less efficient in the short term .... rather than to succumb to agreements that may favor one developer over another ...

According to the change log for Magic Lantern, they've now got automatic ETTR in their latest development version of firmware:

http://nanomad.magiclantern.fm/nightly/ChangeLog.txt

Now why do such systems even have an ISO setting?

1) To make the jpegs come out right.
2) So you can chimp in dim light.
3) tradition
4) for the amusement of the photographers.

Jim

With today's high performance sensors such as the Sony Exmoor, ETTR is less important than it used to be and it is often more expeditious to use matrix metering and adjust the exposure if the camera histogram is too far to the left. However, bit of highlight headroom is sometimes advisable and one can make corrections with the raw converter. Remember that SNR varies with the square root of the exposure, so underexposing by one whole stop (not advisable in most situations) reduces the SNR by only a factor of sqrt(2).

Bill

Bill,

Why is ETTR (Optimizing/Maximizing Exposure) less important? 

Is it the greater dynamic range from the new sensors giving us greater "slop" range?  (I don't really mean that as slanted as it sounds.)

I understand that there are different conditions we shoot under...and there are time where it is more important to get the shot then it is to maximize the dynamic range.  But there are still times where we want (need) to maximize it.  How has that changed?

And with the masses now wondering about their future use of Photoshop, doing more outside that product and earlier in the workflow might be a good idea on top of the other reasons above.

except some poor souls who want ACR and that means having (and being shoved to subscription model) PS (unless you agree w/ more limited ACR in PE).

Now why do such systems even have an ISO setting?

Because you and I would yell and scream if it didn't.  :-)

Not to mention the chimpers of the world...which often includes me.