{"id":76642,"date":"2016-06-16T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=76642"},"modified":"2016-06-16T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T16:58:29","slug":"what-is-dynamic-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/what-is-dynamic-range\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Dynamic Range?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camera manufacturers constantly tout the dynamic range of their gear. What are they talking about? Here’s everything you need to know.<\/h2>\n

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What Is Dynamic Range?<\/h3>\n

Dynamic range is the “ratio between the largest and smallest values of a changeable quantity<\/a>.”\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0This range between the largest and smallest can be measured with light or sound. With sound, it’s the measurement between the “noise floor and the maximum sound pressure level<\/a>” and what a microphone can capture. In terms of light, it revolves around the ratio between the brightest to the darkest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In terms of photo and video, this is the\u00a0range in which a camera\u00a0can capture the brightest and darkest areas of an image\u00a0<\/strong>without the loss of details in the image. If the camera moves beyond this dynamic range, then that’s when you’ll see the brights being washed out or the darks becoming noisy.<\/p>\n

So, the more dynamic range your camera has, the more leeway you have<\/strong> to capture your image. If you’d like to know more, check out this great video from Lynda.com<\/a>. The clip comes from more of a photography angle, but\u00a0the theory and principles of dynamic range are the same.<\/p>\n