Very important picture setting help (Page 4): If you have to ask about camera settings and whether you should shoot raw and jpeg, realistically speaking, you need to be prepared for a...

tcthome Loc: NJ

If you have to ask about camera settings and whether you should shoot raw and jpeg, realistically speaking, you need to be prepared for a possible disappointment. If you can practice shooting before hand,

definitely practice before hand if it's a once in a lifetime chance.

Bill_de Loc: US

You want to shoot raw
You said this is important
Use both card slots using the second as a backup ... you will still have raw images if one card craps out

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ecurb1105

mborn wrote:

Contact the company that you are going to use to print the picture and ask them their requirements

Yes, ask the lab you will be using for the print for their requirements. Failing that, shoot your original image in RAW, then, after processing your RAW file, save the image as a TIFF file.

genesampson

Talk to the techiest person at the place you intend to make your finished print for their requirements for what you want done.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

Gene51 wrote:

I read your question and what I see is someone who is completely in over his head, lacking some very fundamental knowledge and skills (shooting raw, stitching a panorama, converting raw to a raster file, post processing, ppi requirements for large prints, etc), making some wild assumptions about what he needs (and doesn't need) and making poor judgement calls on what constitutes good and bad advice, with a hefty dose of arrogance thrown in for good measure.

Precisely mirrors my reaction to his query, especially the arrogance.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

dino21 wrote:

Thanks to some of you for the truly helpful responses. I can see this is not the forum for me as it seems to be more of a forum for mainly arrogant people only interested showing how they are sooo smart and not for helping others without being insulting. I wish you all well and I hope you can all sit around and talk about how great you all are to each other. In the meantime, I will talk to people who are genuinely helpful and knowledgeably and willing to share. Good Luck all.

Goodbye and Godspeed.

BigGWells Loc: Olympia, WA

Only RAW will do...at least for me.

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

dino21 wrote:

I have a silly but important question to me I hope you can help me with. I have a Nikon D7200 that I am taking with me to a very special spot to take a panoramic shot that I intend to have enlarged to a very large size. Should I have the settings on the camera to take a RAW and a fine jpeg photo or is that even the settings I need to be messing with. This is a rare opportunity for me to take this photo and I want to make sure it is enlargeable.

Shoot RAW or RAW + JPEG. Use a tripod. Shoot in manual mode with daylight WB so the exposure and WB don't change as you shoot (changes in exposure or WB will make it very difficult to avoid a strange looking panorama). Overlap the pictures by 50% on each subsequent shot. Merge photos in Lightroom. After merging in Lightroom, if you want to further process the panorama, process the RAW version. Processing the JPEG version will greatly reduce image quality and may introduce obvious artifacts such as color banding.

drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

dino21 wrote:

I have a silly but important question to me I hope you can help me with. I have a Nikon D7200 that I am taking with me to a very special spot to take a panoramic shot that I intend to have enlarged to a very large size. Should I have the settings on the camera to take a RAW and a fine jpeg photo or is that even the settings I need to be messing with. This is a rare opportunity for me to take this photo and I want to make sure it is enlargeable.

You will need a fluid hear tripod and accurate matching of the edges of each shot if you do it as multiple shots stitched together in Adobe. Each shot then would have to be manual using the same exposure for each shot and then moving the camera exact to the next shot and son till all shots are made. I do not remember there being a panoramic shot available on the D7200 and I have 2 of them. The other way is to use the widest lens you have and the lowest ISO you can achieve with a good shutter speed and a f16 or f22 minimum for good depth of field. Then in Adobe you crop the top and bottom and enlarge the image to the length of a panoramic shot. Let me know if you find a pan setting in the D7200. I would like to use it. It seems I forgot where I put my manual for the D7200.
The old ways were to use several vertical or horizontal 8x10 prints and working with the proper tools mainly rulers and exacto knives you trim the edges to match and then mount them all. If you cut the edges properly and mated them properly no one noticed the cuts once framed and hung. The last one I did was a 16x20 with 4-8X10s. By hiding the cuts under window panes it appears as though you are looking out a window that has 4 panes when done. I cut the original shot into 4 images of 8x10 size in Adobe after working the image to a great shot then just placed them in the frame.

Murray Loc: New Westminster

Yes... RAW + jpeg will give you the only available options plus maximum flexibility. I always shoot in both, although I generally wind up using the RAW shot.

maryo Loc: Santa fe

Aren't you going to do any post processing?

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

Are you shooting a multiple shot pano and stitching it together or are you just shooting a single shot and cropping it into a Panoramic size like 16:9 or 16:6? Shoot RAW no matter what so you can have better control in post then save to large Jpeg for print. Even better check with your lab see if they will accept TIFF format and if they do save as a TIFF. For multiple shots stitched together make sure your using a tripod and you will need to shoot in full manual mode NOT changing the exposure or the focal length or you'll have issues stitching the photos together. I also suggest shooting in portrait not in landscape. If your shooting a single and cropping - RAW/Process/save to TIFF or Jpeg. I have attached an 7 photo stitched pano that I did on a hike near me for your reference. You can see my son on the right side sitting in the path.

dino21 wrote:

I have a silly but important question to me I hope you can help me with. I have a Nikon D7200 that I am taking with me to a very special spot to take a panoramic shot that I intend to have enlarged to a very large size. Should I have the settings on the camera to take a RAW and a fine jpeg photo or is that even the settings I need to be messing with. This is a rare opportunity for me to take this photo and I want to make sure it is enlargeable.

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Gemeader Loc: NW WA state ( upper left hand corner)

dino21 wrote:

Yes I know, but I am sure that what I am using as ... (show quote)

Import the photos into Lightroom and export them to a folder as TIFF files. Your printer person will be able to work with them if that’s what you’re concerned about.

Haydon

Sorry to say guys, but your wisdom is likely to fall on deaf ears with dino. He's made it abundantly clear he's left the building for good.

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

drklrd wrote:

You will need a fluid hear tripod and accurate mat... (show quote)

You don't need a fluid head.