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02/19/2006 06:52:44 PM · #1 |
at the risk of sounding terribly ignorant, how does RAW mode differ from normal mode.
i've had my camera for a while but i've only shot in normal mode until i read a thread tonight about shooting in RAW.
i'm happy with the results i got but not sure about the technology concerning them. |
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02/19/2006 06:56:35 PM · #2 |
When you shoot RAW the camera captures exactly what it sees and does not add any white balance, sharpening, saturation, etc. It gives you more leeway as far as exposure and gives you the option to do all the settings manually. So in a nutshell, you don't lose any orginal image info.
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02/19/2006 07:00:31 PM · #3 |
now when i bought the camera over a year ago i read the manual and didn't get that from it.
look for more basic and ridiculous questions from me in the future! |
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02/19/2006 07:20:41 PM · #4 |
It also means more work on the backend.
When shooting jpegs, the camera applies your chosen settings for white balance, sharpness, contrast, saturation, etc, at the time the image is written to your card.
But with RAW you have to convert the image and pick those settings after you download them to your computer. And while the settings you pick can potentially be much better than what the settings "in camera" may have been, you can also pick some really flat and ugly settings as well. So that's why you'll see that some people complain that their results in shooting RAW aren't as good as what they get shooting jpeg.
Here's what I highly recommend for processing your raw files:
Get a hold of either RawShooter Essentials (which is free), or RawShooter Premium (which costs just $99) from //www.pixmantec.com/ and you'll find that the amount of time you spend on the back end isn't so bad (both RSE and RSP are very fast!) and you'll also really like the conversion results.
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02/19/2006 09:17:36 PM · #5 |
| shoot in raw if you can, just gives a LOT more options |
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