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05/15/2003 02:27:52 PM · #1 |
| I have a pretty good understanding about the strengths and weaknesses of each but I was just wondering what other photographers were shooting for most of their work and why?? Currently, Im shooting everything in Jpeg L-FINE in my D100. I guess im looking for an excuse for useing RAW even though the files are soo large. JPeg works great for most of my work but im just curious how many of you use RAW on a regular basis. |
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05/15/2003 02:31:11 PM · #2 |
Can't shoot RAW with the 602, but it does record tiff, and I'm still using jpeg - can't really think of an occasion on which I would use anything else: sure there's a difference, but really for 99% of applications you end up throwing resolution away anyway.
Ed
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05/15/2003 02:42:26 PM · #3 |
The only time I ever use RAW is when I think the exposure might be off and the picture is pretty important. The only reason I use RAW at all is because you can sometimes recover a poorly exposed photo from the RAW that you wouldn't be able to from teh jpg. I jsut take too many pictures to deal with RAW on all of them. Besides I can hardly ever make the RAW look better than the jpg anyway. I hardly ever shoot at high ISO so maybe that's why I am not seeing the advantage of RAW as far as picture quality is concerned.
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05/15/2003 02:47:58 PM · #4 |
I pretty well only shoot RAW....as dadas115 said it can be useful to recover a poorly exposed image, I also shoot RAW because it gives me the most versatility, if I need to adjust a shot then I have the best possible clay to work with... especailly if it's an important shoot or something that I am unlikely to get a second shot at....
Cheers,
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05/15/2003 04:10:34 PM · #5 |
With my camera, I find RAW format super frustrating, the recycle time between shots is so slow(about45seconds) that I end up missing a really important facial expression/moment etc. I have tried several times to shoot in RAW and end up throwing up my hands in disgust.
The photos that I have shot in Raw are deffinatley more workable and turn out better in the end, but I do not have what it takes to wait between shots to shoot in this format.
There has to be a better/faster/more expensive way:) |
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05/15/2003 04:14:59 PM · #6 |
I shoot in TIFF all the time. I do this because I would never do any post processing adjustments in jpeg and do not want to have the losses associated with swapping back from jpeg (shooting) to tiff (post work)and then back to jpeg (display).
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05/15/2003 04:15:44 PM · #7 |
| I shot everything in Tiff format, I tried RAW this week just to become frustrated when I tried to download from the card. It took me a while to figure out how to download and view the RAW files. I had to use the DiMage viewer to convert the files to jpeg so it was really a pain in the ..... |
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05/15/2003 04:19:46 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Paige:
With my camera, I find RAW format super frustrating, the recycle time between shots is so slow(about45seconds) that I end up missing a really important facial expression/moment etc. I have tried several times to shoot in RAW and end up throwing up my hands in disgust.
The photos that I have shot in Raw are deffinatley more workable and turn out better in the end, but I do not have what it takes to wait between shots to shoot in this format.
There has to be a better/faster/more expensive way:) |
You need the twin-holster approach; get a second camera and fire them off alternately.
I've been shooting in best-quality JPEG, although since I've gotten some larger cards I'm thinking of going to TIFF for critical shots. But I don't think my eyes are good enough to see a real difference with my camera, I suspect file format is not the limiting factor in image quality...and my camera doesn't shoot in RAW anyway. |
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05/15/2003 04:27:01 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by OneSweetSin:
I shot everything in Tiff format, I tried RAW this week just to become frustrated when I tried to download from the card. It took me a while to figure out how to download and view the RAW files. I had to use the DiMage viewer to convert the files to jpeg so it was really a pain in the ..... |
Yeah, I was right there with you, it was a painfull experience. |
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05/15/2003 04:27:38 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Paige:
With my camera, I find RAW format super frustrating, the recycle time between shots is so slow(about45seconds) that I end up missing a really important facial expression/moment etc. I have tried several times to shoot in RAW and end up throwing up my hands in disgust.
The photos that I have shot in Raw are deffinatley more workable and turn out better in the end, but I do not have what it takes to wait between shots to shoot in this format.
There has to be a better/faster/more expensive way:) |
You need the twin-holster approach; get a second camera and fire them off alternately.
I've been shooting in best-quality JPEG, although since I've gotten some larger cards I'm thinking of going to TIFF for critical shots. But I don't think my eyes are good enough to see a real difference with my camera, I suspect file format is not the limiting factor in image quality...and my camera doesn't shoot in RAW anyway. |
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