DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

I chose to learn and use some of the capabilities of my camera. Still working on that!

Bill_de Loc: US

Isn't that a low resolution jpg, with little value other than to appear on the camera's monitor?

If not, why give the option to shoot raw and 3 different quality jpg's?

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Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Man, that is too logical - hard to wrap your head around - just kidding!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

No, you can get a full res jpeg using an extracting utility like Instant Jpeg from Raw - but if you have a wide dynamic range in the scene and you set the camera correctly for a raw shot, you won't like the jpeg. The following images are all from the same raw file. As you can see, the SOOC jpeg is ugly, which is the primary reason I never provide unedited images. and why I shoot raw, making some deliberate exposure decisions that just won't work for jpeg.

If I exposed this for a more "acceptable" jpeg, the sky would have been completely blown out.

Depending on the camera, low and medium res jpegs may provide a faster burst rate, but most certainly provide longer bursts before the buffer fills. This is more of an issue with consumer cameras than pro models.

I am not saying that taking jpegs is a bad idea. What I am saying is that in many circumstances a jpeg out of the camera can be as good, with little processing, as a jpeg from raw. Normal contrast, controlled lighting, etc - are the situations where SOOC jpegs are ok. But my illustration below shows an instance where a SOOC jpeg would be garbage - and a raw file, with a couple of minutes of tweaking, can produce a far superior result.

So for my purposes, and to keep a consistent workflow, I only shoot raw, no raw+jpeg, and I edit every image that is shown to anyone. I cna get a set of 800 images from a wedding, shot as raw, and have them up on my website, edited to proof stage, in about 2-3 hours.

Instant Jpeg from Raw - native size extracted jpeg - 7360x4912 px

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same raw file, processed in LR and On1, sRGB jpeg, 90% quality setting, cropped to 7184x4677

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same raw file, processed in LR and ON1, then downsampled to 2048 on the long side

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Bill_de Loc: US

Thanks Gene. I can sleep for the rest of the day, because I have already learned something new today. I don't want to over tax my brain. :)



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Bobnewnan

Thanks Bill, that's the way I did my 7100 and now the 7200. I guess fiddling around changing settings in the field I must have bumped the Quality setting and just didn't catch it had changed. It works just fine now. Whewwwww.

Bill_de Loc: US

:thumbup:


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Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

Yes. Also some of the photos are somehow corrupted. Sent the body in twice without clear success. I save photos to NEF in slot 1 and JPEG to slot 2. Seems to work so far. Hopefully a fix is on the way. :x

Jim Bob

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