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03/01/2008 09:32:25 PM · #1 |
I recently discovered RAW -- well, I knew about it for a while, but I discovered what a difference it makes. Now I'm shooting everything in RAW. At 10MB a pop, though, I'm filling up my hard drive. Should I always shoot in RAW? Or should I only shoot in RAW for certain types of images? Just curious what others here do...
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03/01/2008 09:35:40 PM · #2 |
| I shoot most things in RAW because of the control I have over images in post-processing. I usually put all of my images on an external hard drive so that I save space on my computer, or I'll burn them to DVDs. |
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03/01/2008 09:38:17 PM · #3 |
Smart archiving involves the trash can. Keep your best and shred the rest.
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03/01/2008 09:41:24 PM · #4 |
I shoot in RAW for all photos I'm doing for challenges and for landscape/outdoor photos. If I'm taking photos of the family I tend to just shoot jpegs.
I do trash a lot but need to get better as I have 100s of photos I will never do anything with. |
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03/01/2008 10:24:14 PM · #5 |
I've been doing raw for challenge entries and anything I want to get the best out of. Casual shapshots are just JPEG. I'm still learning how to get the most out or RAW, however. Still on the learning curve.
Message edited by author 2008-03-01 22:24:30.
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03/01/2008 10:28:11 PM · #6 |
I tried shooting in RAW once and my computer couldnt recognize it and I have no idea why. I tried the software the XT came with and Photoshot CS neither one will open the file =( so I never got to see the difference.
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03/01/2008 10:37:25 PM · #7 |
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03/01/2008 10:44:49 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by amandak:
I shoot most things in RAW because of the control I have over images in post-processing. I usually put all of my images on an external hard drive so that I save space on my computer, or I'll burn them to DVDs. |
ditto it's the bst way to keep your computer up to speed. I have two tara bites of storage and I have had to go back and get images that I shot over a year ago because the client lost them due to fire so I think it's worth it and so did they. Good external hard drives are cheap now a days. |
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03/01/2008 10:54:26 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by bvy:
I recently discovered RAW -- well, I knew about it for a while, but I discovered what a difference it makes. Now I'm shooting everything in RAW. At 10MB a pop, though, I'm filling up my hard drive. Should I always shoot in RAW? Or should I only shoot in RAW for certain types of images? Just curious what others here do... |
I always have trouble adjusting raw to their "true" color. I am horrible when it comes to understanding color. Even so I shoot raw. |
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03/02/2008 12:26:54 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by nlghttrain:
I tried shooting in RAW once and my computer couldnt recognize it and I have no idea why. I tried the software the XT came with and Photoshot CS neither one will open the file =( so I never got to see the difference. |
Go to the Adobe website and download updates for CS to recognize the RAW files from your Rebel. I'm a bit surprised the software that came with it doesn't work, though.
I shoot RAW almost all the time. And yes, it takes up way too much space, though I am getting a lot more ruthless about what gets thrown out. |
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03/02/2008 01:32:39 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
I never shoot raw. |
Showoff! lol |
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03/02/2008 01:40:43 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Smart archiving involves the trash can. Keep your best and shred the rest. |
Word. My first step after import into Lightroom is deleting everything that's less than good.
Keeping bad photos around will do nothing but give you a headache 3 years down the road when you're looking back through your files to find a specific photo, and all the horrible photos that you shouldve deleted remind you that you used to be a crappy photographer.
Message edited by author 2008-03-02 13:42:58. |
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03/02/2008 08:51:23 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by option:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
Smart archiving involves the trash can. Keep your best and shred the rest. |
Word. My first step after import into Lightroom is deleting everything that's less than good.
Keeping bad photos around will do nothing but give you a headache 3 years down the road when you're looking back through your files to find a specific photo, and all the horrible photos that you shouldve deleted remind you that you used to be a crappy photographer. |
This is my strategy so far, but it gets tiring. CD's don't store much (my ORF's are 10MB each) and that just moves the problem from my hard drive to my closet. Maybe DVD's, as someone mentioned, have better capacity for what I truly want to save. |
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03/03/2008 11:26:47 AM · #14 |
i began shooting in raw for 'important' assignments like band shoots, or weddings or portrait sessions etc and now i've started doing it for pretty much everything. It makes landscapes so easy to expose correctly because you can make on exposure for the foreground, one for the sky, then merge them both in PS with the best parts used from both. It's kind of like HDR that way.
Jpegs are still the way to go for around the house stuff, or if i'm messing around, OR if i'm shooting a sports gig, then i need the storage and buffer space that jpeg affords but as a general rule of thumb, I shoot raw.
And FYI, I got a 400gb external HD for £55. |
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03/03/2008 11:57:11 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by bvy:
...This is my strategy so far, but it gets tiring. CD's don't store much (my ORF's are 10MB each) and that just moves the problem from my hard drive to my closet. Maybe DVD's, as someone mentioned, have better capacity for what I truly want to save. |
Even DVDs don't hold much, if you produce large files. External FW 400 or (if your computer provides it) FW 800 are the way to go. With Leopard (MacOS), it's easy to back up your whole drive in the background. A second drive (or partition) can hold triplicates, which, then, you can store offsite, if you like. |
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