What file compression do you shoot in ?

[Baldwin Jazz]

Nikon D200 and ive shot in ~ fine jpeg ~ since shortly after I got the camera and am quite happy with the file sizes and the resolution , I have a 4 gb Sandisk Extreme card and it all works quickly enough for me to transfer files from the camera to HDD using USB 2
If I fill the sd card I transfer and then burn to DVD , whats on the DVD is there whenever you want it .

Reminder : DO REMEMBER TO BACK YOUR PHOTOS UP
The number of people Ive come across who have lost photos one way or another
because they forgot

 

[gymak90]

interesting that nobody here has even mentioned about the fact that jpeg format is not a lossless format...

so if you think you would not be transferring your jpegs from one HDD to HDD or do save/re-save then shooting and saving in jpeg is fine...

but if you do quite a bit of moving or editing of the jpeg files then beware that each time you use the file it's going to get re-compressed and if done too often you are going to get artifacts appearing on your jpeg files...

IIRC, copying & pasting or transfering of jpeg files is perfectly fine. Only save&re-save of jpeg leads to artifacts?

 

[viix]

interesting that nobody here has even mentioned about the fact that jpeg format is not a lossless format...
so if you think you would not be transferring your jpegs from one HDD to HDD or do save/re-save then shooting and saving in jpeg is fine...

but if you do quite a bit of moving or editing of the jpeg files then beware that each time you use the file it's going to get re-compressed and if done too often you are going to get artifacts appearing on your jpeg files...

yes jpeg does save space and $ but you also need to think long term as well as if you are likley to use these files often...

so if you want to use jpeg then to minimise artifacts appearing after using the files, then the best compromise is to use jpeg fine... but convert these to tifs as a backup of the original to ensure you still have quality files in the future

as for jpeg basic - would not be too advisable to use this if you value your "digital negatives" and not end up with artifacts...

anyway the best is still RAW format not just for pp reasons but also for long term storage and usage with no impact on getting artifacts later...

Moving jpeg from disk to disk is fine, since it's just a file transfer and no re-compression is done. And yes, like woolman has said, it's best to shoot at fine setting should you need the file for future usage and to save the image as a lossless format once you have worked on it in post processing. I'd like to add that it's best to have a non destructive workflow and save the whatever layers/settings that you've done too..

I personally shoot normal for dailies, fine for work that needs to be processed and raw when I really need the latitude. Of course, I only do this with the knowledge of how much latitude I need and the balancing the various shortfalls of using their respective formats..

 

[Leykid1634]

Like to shoot at RAW compress.
About half the size (space constrain), and getting the same quality, why not. :bsmilie: