
412 Chapter 10
As we have seen in previous chapters, when we
increase the gain of the sensor, we pay a price in
image noise. When more sensitivity is needed,
gain can be set to +3db, +6db, or even +9db
to get more exposure, but usually at the cost
of increased noise in the pictures. Gain lifts
the blacks, white, and midtones by the same
amount – exercise caution as it is easy to add
noise to the blacks or clip the bright areas using
gain.
Knee
Figure 10.43 Composite waveform representation of
knee function curve.
Knee is a video function that can be used to cap-
ture more highlight detail when the subject matter
has a contrast ...