nannyg

hi guys

i use two sonys a7r2 and the little rx100.

my question is this: i would like to get more depth and better resolution on my photos.

i shoot the photos, transfer them to my phone, edit with my iPhone, screen shot it then post or send as an email to friends and family.

i know shooting in raw and doing some real post processing will help. i'm way overdue. i'm starting on this in the fall.

so i was also asking about my transfer. these are basic question, i know.

so how will i retain more data/pixels with my photos? plug in my card into my computer then lightroom? what about screen shotting them, emailing them to myself, then light rooming? do you lose data when you email them? how can i retain the most data from my photos when i transfer?

thank you SO much, i do appreciate your advice.

Soul Dr. Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley

You Will get much better results if you download your images directly from your memory card or camera to your computer.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Oh nannyg .... I'll be the first second to say your question bring tears to my eyes ....

But, given the process you've described, you were right to ask. Your a7R2 sports a 42MP sensor (7974 × 5316 pixels). The only way to leverage and retain the extreme resolution of this camera is by editing the raw files with a qualified RAW editor. You mention LR, are you subscribing? LR v6 supports the a7RII so you don't have to subscribe, if you have a perpetual license for ver6. You'll also want to assure you have a powerful computer given the diskspace and RAM needed to house and edit the monstrous RAW files created by the camera. Your phone is no where near as capable.

If the goal is a high resolution image to share with others, a screen shot of the image is only as good as the screen resolution used. As the RAW will be unprocessed, this will be worse than other options. You might seriously consider shooting in JPEG until you become familiar with editing your RAW files with the necessary h/w and s/w. You should get much better results from JPEG with your phone editing toolset.

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

Changing from RAW to jpg causes loss of data, and emailing does, too. IMHO, though, resolution and depth of field problems are more likely to be a camera issue - lens, settings, lighting, tripod use, etc. If you would post an example of a photo, then more experienced people here will give you feedback

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Emailing only causes loss of data if the file has to be reduced in size to meet mail provider requirements.
Otherwise, there is no degradation in the file.

nannyg

thank you soul dr. easy enough, done.

nannyg

thank you! i shoot in raw/jpeg mode so that is covered. but eventually when i do go raw i will go lightroom.

nannyg

thank you. i think it would be a good idea to post a few photos and compare screen shot/phone/email version vs. sd card to computer. got a few different answers here. and yes of course the camera and settings totally count as well.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

You probably want to try the <quote reply> button for directed responses.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I agree. If your plan is to edit on your Iphone, then refine your camera’s JPEG settings and export directly for online viewing using SRGB color space, as editing on a phone is not very satisfactory and continuinely resaving JPEGs can reduce quality. Of course, refining your raw editing skills and exporting to JPEG on a large platform would be a good longer-term goal.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Maybe take an English grammer class so you learn how to capitalize.

le boecere

Now, was that remark really necessary?

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

One of the questions nannyg asked was... when sending photos as an email to friends and family do you lose data when you email them? [question extracted from nannyg text paraphrased]

The answer/concern depends on what you want to be able to have "friends and family" do with the emailed photos. From a practical standpoint, emailed photos are just to share an experience or tell a story. Giving them a large file for making a large museum grade print is a rare thing. If you wish Aunt Sally to have a large print then send the file to a commercial printer [even Walgreens, yep] and they will deliver the finished photo by mail. I regularly receive photos of my greatgrandchildren, small files are fine, otherwise, I would have my walls covered by prints. If my daughter at the 5th birthday wished to tell a growth story, then the slideshow format would be best... high resolution is not needed.

Most of us send several photos at a time and if not downsized we exceed the limit of total size allowed, for Yahoo, 25mb. The person receiving your files may just look at snaps/thumbnails, because their net is slow as mud. Here is an article/youtube about emailing large files: How to Email Large Files with Gmail, Google Drive, and Dropbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muArhhzYdTY

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

I would download to the computer but understand that "better resolution" depends more on you than on your camera or lens.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.