image quality

[aspenx]

Uncompressed 14-Bit NEF to be specific.

Takes a lot of space but I'm not very trigger happy so I'm fine 99% of the time with a 8GB card.

I don't see why it should be any issue actually.

You could just buy more memory cards and harddisks anytime?

 

[tehzeh]

Check this out: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/raw-vs-jpeg

 

[george671]

I'm a proponent of more Pre and less post manipulation, so I rarely have to open up a NEF (raw ) file...I usually shoot raw only when I think its a dificult exposure or if I want to make an HDR (rarely)... You all might be surprised to know that many "Pro" photographers rarely shoot a raw image...In studio work its really a waste of time as you have absolute control of Lighting and White balance, etc...And I have to admit that I would rather spend the time in front of the camera instead of in front of the computer anyway...

Here is an article that kind of sums up the reality of "PRO" use of Raw vs JPG...

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalphotography/a/raworjpeg.htm

Raw is pretty much a necessity if you are intentionally going to manipulate a shot, but for most minor work the JPG will do...And in most cases once you have gone to print no one can tell the difference...Something to think about, is that most of you just paid a princely sum for a very smart computer with a lense attached! In most cases your efforts in post production may end up no better than the JPG right out of the camera...

Cheers

www.snakephoto.blogspot.com

 

[appleshem]

Thanks for the article
I've got a question, I never shoot in RAW before so i not nothing about RAW.
After shooting in RAW, you must open in photoshop or something to edit then convert to JPEG uh?
And is there any ways that I need to take note while converting or touching RAW?
Cheers!!

 

[uranium2k]

Thanks for the article
I've got a question, I never shoot in RAW before so i not nothing about RAW.
After shooting in RAW, you must open in photoshop or something to edit then convert to JPEG uh?
And is there any ways that I need to take note while converting or touching RAW?
Cheers!!

RAW is actually unprocessed image. So all the data will be in that RAW file but you will need to spend some effort to touch it up, edit the colour curves, etc. It's much more versatile than JPEG as you get a wider range to "repair" your image.

That being said, my idol "Joe McNally" seems to always post his photos right out of his camera, unprocessed. That's something worth learning!

 

[Junye]

I SHOOT RAW. haha use Lightroom. it's good.

 

[Ferderico]

Raw here as well... coupled with lightroom... good combination..~~

 

[makolit]

Thanks for the article
I've got a question, I never shoot in RAW before so i not nothing about RAW.
After shooting in RAW, you must open in photoshop or something to edit then convert to JPEG uh?
And is there any ways that I need to take note while converting or touching RAW?
Cheers!!

ViewNX will open/minor edit and convert RAW/NEF files as simple as click-click-click.
Google's Picasa will also open NEF/RAW files but i haven't tried converting it from there yet.

advise: unless you have lots of RAM, don't open too many applications while converting from RAW to JPG. :sweat:

 

[appleshem]

Thanks for the help guys! Start to love playing with RAW files!!

 

[uranium2k]

Thanks for the help guys! Start to love playing with RAW files!!

You know I was still initially thinking of shooting JPEGs for certain events. But eventually I figured might as well shoot RAW+JPEG to make every shutter count. Haha... Nowadays I will probably only use JPEG if I need to transmit files over the network fast... ;p

 

[aloysiusang]

Just started out on photography for a while. Have been shooting JPEG till I tried RAW recently and discovered how versatile it can be!

However, post processing really requires quite a lot of time.

But at least, now I know I'll definitely shoot in RAW from now on given the versatility and how i can salvage a mistake i made during a shot.

 

[appleshem]

Just started out on photography for a while. Have been shooting JPEG till I tried RAW recently and discovered how versatile it can be!

However, post processing really requires quite a lot of time.

But at least, now I know I'll definitely shoot in RAW from now on given the versatility and how i can salvage a mistake i made during a shot.

This is when shooting in RAW+JPEG comes in handy :bsmilie:

 

[CPhotography]

raw + jpeg (large/medium). raw for editing, jpeg for quick viewing. but raw format takes up alot of space so you got to prepare your computer / hard disk for that.

 

[appleshem]

sometimes for web upload, just use the jpeg file will do

 

[2evans]

sometimes for web upload, just use the jpeg file will do

You are uploading full resolution jpgs to be viewed online? It's probably more ideal if you resize to a smaller image for easier viewing plus making it harder for people to reuse the image.

 

[appleshem]

web will resize of cause!

 

[kitaro9202]

i like kinda of addict to RAW now

 

[appleshem]

i like kinda of addict to RAW now

Same same

 

[Ferderico]

I have some friends who shoots in raw and immediatly after downloading to the computer, he converts to JPG and edit the jpg file.

Frankly, that is a waste of memory card space and processing time.

The main benefit of RAW files, is that it retains all (or almost everything) information of the photo file.
Thus you can recover more information of the said photo in RAW than JPG.

If you are doing what my friend is doing, I suggest you shoot in JPG and save those memory space.

 

[appleshem]

Shouldn't it be edit the picture in RAW and then the final step then convert??