I very much value the ability to run SNS-HDR Pro in a batch mode and to save the SNS files for fine tuning.
I used it on a set of triple bracketed shots, working from the original RAW files. However, some were shot at a fairly noisy ASA and I had to use Lightroom to clean the noise from the RAW's. However, LR does not write back a RAW file so I ended up with some TIF's and I ran those as a batch into SNS-HDR.
There is a discussion going on in another forum (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readf ... e=40364044) where it is being suggested that one might get better results from SNS-HDR if one lets it work on TIF's rather than the original RAWs (dcraw.exe being good, but maybe not the optimum).
So, back to my heading, does anyone around here use Lightroom and if so what settings do they use to produce TIF's or jpgs for use in SNS-HDR? I'd say one wants an image with the least clipping possible. What about sharpening. LR in default adds some - would an image for HDR be better started without any?
Any other things to consider?
Tony
PS. If fellow Brit Terry Mann is around he'll surely say I should use Qimage Ultimate to convert my RAW's. So I should, Terry, but my elderly brain can only learn one new trick at a time......