What's better for music festival, jpg or raw
May 16, 2015 22:25:27 #
Got a Nikon D610 a few months back and just bought a Sigma 70-300 and i'm chomping at the bit to take it to a 4 day music festival next weekend. I always shoot raw. And although I have the two card slots. I'm considering changing to jpg for the weekend. Some shots will be at night probably with the iso jacked up some. And probably slight changes in lighting with 4 different stages. I haven't tried shooting musicians on stage since I shot with film years ago. Like to hear from those who do this type of shooting.
May 16, 2015 22:50:11 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
If you "blow" a jpeg exposure you have less chance of recovery than with RAW, where you have all the sensor data saved. Buy an extra couple of memory cards or take a laptop for downloads to a hard drive during your 4 days. You may even burn copies to USB memory sticks from the laptop if that saves you $.
May 16, 2015 23:15:00 #
b2bjacks wrote:
Got a Nikon D610 a few months back and just bought... (show quote)
Shoot raw, otherwise you might be really singing the blues....
May 16, 2015 23:35:57 #
b2bjacks wrote:
Got a Nikon D610 a few months back and just bought... (show quote)
If there was ever a time to shoot RAW, it's with a difficult situation like concert photography.
May 17, 2015 00:05:56 #
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May 17, 2015 06:15:22 #
May 17, 2015 07:06:01 #
b2bjacks wrote:
Got a Nikon D610 a few months back and just bought... (show quote)
If anything, I would switch from JPEG to raw. Why would you switch to JEPG?
May 17, 2015 07:33:30 #
If you have another, faster lens, bring it.
At night you are likely to find yourself with a very high ISO, a wide open aperture and a shutter speed that isn't fast enough.
(Speaking from experience)
Shoot raw and you'll have a fighting chance.
At night you are likely to find yourself with a very high ISO, a wide open aperture and a shutter speed that isn't fast enough.
(Speaking from experience)
Shoot raw and you'll have a fighting chance.
May 17, 2015 07:47:54 #
b2bjacks wrote:
Got a Nikon D610 a few months back and just bought... (show quote)
I think you should use the video mode for music festival, then you can capture some sound as well, which is the most interesting thing in music.
May 17, 2015 08:26:48 #
There are too many reasons to shoot RAW to list. Maybe I'll give it a try after I have finished my morning coffee. If you are unsure take extra cards as suggested and shoot both.
May 17, 2015 09:09:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
If anything, I would switch from JPEG to raw. Why would you switch to JEPG?
I was a little worried about filling up the cards with 4 days worth of images. But I'll shoot raw. After all, aren't we all after the best images possible?? I'll buy another card.
May 17, 2015 09:35:07 #
zigipha
Loc: north nj
1. bring more cards (should have spare ones anyway
2.edit pics after the show in camera to throw away not-so-good-ones to save card space
2.edit pics after the show in camera to throw away not-so-good-ones to save card space
May 17, 2015 09:55:31 #
Mark7829
Loc: Calfornia
b2bjacks wrote:
Got a Nikon D610 a few months back and just bought... (show quote)
I would shoot RAW but, you will get slightly more frames per second shooting jpeg. If there is a lot of action, it might be an option. With the sigma, you will likely be at or near f/5.6 as soon you zoom to 200 -300. That will impact your light. Yes, you can bump up the ISO but now you will have to deal with noise. JPEG's are not well suited for post processing.
May 17, 2015 10:27:40 #
b2bjacks wrote:
Got a Nikon D610 a few months back and just bought... (show quote)
Shoot RAW + JPEG. If the JPEG is good then great, but you also have the identical shot in RAW if need be. Think of the RAW as a backup.
This is how I always shot. 8GB still gives me 237 shots and I have extra memory. Better safe than sorry!
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