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Jan 22, 2017 19:19:04   #
wsa111 Loc: Goose Creek, South Carolina
 
I normally shoot a D750 or a D800, even on vacation. The files are huge. Need some advice on whether to shoot medium-fine or large fine then reduce the size in lightroom after processing??
I also shoot a D7100 large-fine & the images are smaller, but the quality of the full frame shines. Ideas please.

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Jan 22, 2017 19:27:46   #
NikonCharlie Loc: Kansas USA
 
I shoot large myself, usually RAW files in D810. Then resize to smaller for email or internet posting/sharing.

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Jan 22, 2017 19:40:11   #
chevman Loc: Matthews, North Carolina
 
Shoot RAW, then download to Lightroom keep the .dng keepers then resize a copy as necessarry and change format as appropriate jpg, tiff, etc. without ever changing your archived .dng image. You can also create virtual copies without taking up any additional storage space. Work on the virtual copies that way you always have the original
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Jan 22, 2017 20:16:23   #
wsa111 Loc: Goose Creek, South Carolina
 
Jerry, when you shoot 200-300 shots, the time involving from processing RAW files is very time consuming.
However if I found a real winner then I will convert to RAW before shooting, time permitting.
Maybe I should use card 1 RAW & card 2 JPG????

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Jan 22, 2017 20:20:54   #
jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ
 
wsa111 wrote:
Jerry, when you shoot 200-300 shots, the time involving from processing RAW files is very time consuming.
However if I found a real winner then I will convert to RAW before shooting, time permitting.
Maybe I should use card 1 RAW & card 2 JPG????


Just a question, but why process every raw file? Why not rate them and just work initially on the best of them?

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Jan 22, 2017 20:25:20   #
orrie smith Loc: Kansas
 
wsa111 wrote:
Jerry, when you shoot 200-300 shots, the time involving from processing RAW files is very time consuming.
However if I found a real winner then I will convert to RAW before shooting, time permitting.
Maybe I should use card 1 RAW & card 2 JPG????


Processing RAW files may be time consuming, but it is still faster than processing film, so look to the positive. The only reason to shoot one card raw and the other jpeg is if you are going to send some photos via social media and need to send them sooner than you have time to process the raw images. One way to speed up your processing, and assuming you are using lightroom, and assuming you have a string of photos that will be processed mainly with the same adjustments, is to process the first one, then highlight the rest of the photos and hit the sync button at the bottom right side of lightroom. All of the photos will be processed the same as the first photo, then you just need to click through the photos and make fine adjustments if needed.

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Jan 22, 2017 20:31:55   #
chevman Loc: Matthews, North Carolina
 
I didn't mean to imply that all downloaded files had to be saved. Any picture not desired can be permanently deleted from lightroom and hard drive or SSD.
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Jan 22, 2017 21:03:03   #
AmyJ Loc: Maryland
 
wsa111 wrote:
I normally shoot a D750 or a D800, even on vacation. The files are huge. Need some advice on whether to shoot medium-fine or large fine then reduce the size in lightroom after processing??
I also shoot a D7100 large-fine & the images are smaller, but the quality of the full frame shines. Ideas please.


I also shoot a 750 and 810. I shoot NEF on one card and fine JPG on the other. I scan through the jpegs to find the best and then save and do the post on the NEFs or converted DNG's. Then from there make a copy or two at different image sizes needed for each purpose.

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Jan 22, 2017 21:17:22   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
I shoot raw and JPEG (so I can view them easily with Windows Explorer). I have enough memory cards for at least a three week vacation (over 3,000 images). I want as much detail as I can get. I only process selected images, with the remainder waiting until I decide that I want to do something with them. I would only consider not saving raw if I REALLY needed a large number of shots in burst mode. I only re-size when I need to.

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Jan 22, 2017 21:18:14   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
jethro779 wrote:
Just a question, but why process every raw file? Why not rate them and just work initially on the best of them?



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Jan 22, 2017 21:28:17   #
TheDman Loc: USA
 
jethro779 wrote:
Just a question, but why process every raw file? Why not rate them and just work initially on the best of them?


Or you could even work on the ones you want without rating them.

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Jan 23, 2017 07:07:17   #
SusanFromVermont Loc: Southwest corner of Vermont
 
wsa111 wrote:
I normally shoot a D750 or a D800, even on vacation. The files are huge. Need some advice on whether to shoot medium-fine or large fine then reduce the size in lightroom after processing??
I also shoot a D7100 large-fine & the images are smaller, but the quality of the full frame shines. Ideas please.

If you do not need a .jpg for immediate use, why bother taking up space on a memory card?! That said, you want the files to be large - more information means more to work with when editing.

Memory cards come in many sizes, and external hard drive storage is not expensive, so file size should not be an issue. Even a laptop user with limited space can keep as many large file pictures as desired!

Make virtual copies in LR before beginning to edit (no extra space for those), and leave the original .NEF file unchanged. Then when done making the edits, save the image by exporting it to your hard drive folder. This is when you can choose the format. I prefer .TIFF to start with because it preserves all the information and allows you to go back later and make changes if you want to. After that, you can always use it to make .jpg files for social media or email.

You do not mention if you use PS as well as LR. If you do, then when done editing in PS you can go to "save as" and choose the .tiff format. The file is then saved to your hard drive folder, and will be recognized by LR and shown in the LR Catalog.

The important thing to remember is that your .NEF file edits will only be seen in LR, being shown in your HD folder only as an .xmp sidecar to the original. So if you want to be able to actually SEE those edits outside of LR, their format must be changed from .NEF to .TIFF (or .JPG, etc.). I recommend .TIFF for your new "original" and make .JPGs from it as needed.

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Jan 23, 2017 07:26:51   #
BebuLamar
 
Can either the D750 or D810 shoot RAW only? I ask because my camera can only shoot RAW + JPEG and not RAW only.

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Jan 23, 2017 08:39:43   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
wsa111 wrote:
I normally shoot a D750 or a D800, even on vacation. The files are huge. Need some advice on whether to shoot medium-fine or large fine then reduce the size in lightroom after processing??
I also shoot a D7100 large-fine & the images are smaller, but the quality of the full frame shines. Ideas please.


There's no sense in buying a camera that shoots good quality images and them hobble it by limiting image size. Before switching to raw, I always shot Large, Fine.

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Jan 23, 2017 09:06:02   #
paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah
 
wsa111 wrote:
I normally shoot a D750 or a D800, even on vacation. The files are huge. Need some advice on whether to shoot medium-fine or large fine then reduce the size in lightroom after processing??
I also shoot a D7100 large-fine & the images are smaller, but the quality of the full frame shines. Ideas please.


Memory is cheap. In fact it is one of the cheapest items one can purchase. Much cheaper than the old film. Be selective in your shooting and delete unnecessary and unwanted photos, bad shot etc. You can always go down but you cannot go up. I shoot all of mine at maximum and then use view nx2 to make a copy down for sending via the internet. Or you can simply purchase more memory for the computer.

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