Did Ansel Adams shoot in the RAW mode?
Jan 1, 2021 02:31:42 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Picture Taker wrote:
I have found the people who attack JPG have a need to fix the pictures they take
I have found that people who only shoot JPEG, and think that processing raw for is bad exposures, don't know much about raw or post processing and haven't realized the full potential of their images.
Jan 1, 2021 02:40:38 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
DavidPine wrote:
Ansel shot film. He would have loved raw and Photoshop.
Jan 1, 2021 05:48:14 #
julian.gang wrote:
I don't think so, so for right now I'll stick with JPEG!...Julian
Ugh! Ansel Adams did not shoot in Jpeg's either, and what he did was a lot closer to RAW than Jpegs, but you should shoot in what ever format you are comfortable shooting in. But RAW does offer you much more ability in post processing. It does take more time to make make adjustments and then convert your file from RAW to Jpeg, but I can promise you, that if you have good software once you start shooting RAW you will never go back to just shooting Jpeg.
Jan 1, 2021 06:01:23 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
julian.gang wrote:
I don't think so, so for right now I'll stick with JPEG!...Julian
I believe Ansel shot in sheet film mode. A very nice mode to shoot in.
Jan 1, 2021 06:01:41 #
julian.gang wrote:
I don't think so, so for right now I'll stick with JPEG!...Julian
Ansel who?
Jan 1, 2021 06:23:33 #
cfhelz45 wrote:
If raw was available to him, he might have used Raw.
It's hard to imagine he would not.
Jan 1, 2021 06:35:50 #
Picture Taker wrote:
I have found the people who attack JPG have a need to fix the pictures they take
Illustrating the difference between a Picture Taker and a Photographer.
Jan 1, 2021 06:53:38 #
All these people with RAW envy, having to put it down because they secretly know they are not man enough to step up to the plate and learn how to use it.
Ansel Adams not only worked from a negative, which is roughly equivalent to using raw (polaroid would be the equivalent of jpg), but he actually developed a sophisticated zone system wherein he measured the dynamic range of every scene he captured, and based on that he custom exposed and developed each negative to use the capability of the film to its utmost. After that he spent hours in the darkroom developing a custom burning and dodging routine for each negative to get the tonality he desired. He was as far from SOOC as it was possible to get in analog days.
Ansel Adams not only worked from a negative, which is roughly equivalent to using raw (polaroid would be the equivalent of jpg), but he actually developed a sophisticated zone system wherein he measured the dynamic range of every scene he captured, and based on that he custom exposed and developed each negative to use the capability of the film to its utmost. After that he spent hours in the darkroom developing a custom burning and dodging routine for each negative to get the tonality he desired. He was as far from SOOC as it was possible to get in analog days.
Jan 1, 2021 07:06:50 #
Jeffcs
Loc: Myrtle Beach South Carolina
Film was closer to raw (assuming you processed you negatives and than printed your images) you shot in raw
That said
If you dropped your film off for processing you shot jpeg
That said
If you dropped your film off for processing you shot jpeg
Jan 1, 2021 07:15:19 #
Jan 1, 2021 07:18:03 #
MT Shooter wrote:
How much more RAW can it get than shooting negative film????
I the film genre the only "jpg" equivalent would have been Polaroids!
I the film genre the only "jpg" equivalent would have been Polaroids!
I agree 100% he shot inthe raw of his day and processed to the max, often shooting for one speed and processing for another.
But, he also had a Polaroid, several. And was a paid consultant for Polaroid. I think I recall that he had a massive sized custmom made Polaroid as well.
Jan 1, 2021 07:20:13 #
May the RAW people happily continue to chase every photon landing on their sensor. May the JPEG folks continue their blissful in-camera photography oblivious to the masterpieces hidden in their RAW data. May the darkroom dwellers' exhaust fans always work....
And as Tiny Tim said, "God bless us, every one!"
And as Tiny Tim said, "God bless us, every one!"
Jan 1, 2021 07:26:18 #
medphotog
Loc: Witness protection land
ORpilot wrote:
Back in the day..... Technicians graduated from RIT. Technical commercial photographers graduated from Brooks Institute. Artistic photographers graduated from Ohio University.
To quote George Takei, oh my! A technician would be one that is skilled at their craft so wouldn't that be all three schools? And, uh, I don't think that OU has the market cornered on artistic school either. (Sorry, a little biased, Brick City alum)
However, my favorite shirt from that time (which I didn't wear when I went to his lecture) said Ansel Adams Brackets. 
Jan 1, 2021 07:45:11 #
Jan 1, 2021 08:01:59 #
Picture Taker wrote:
RAW is used to fix bad pictures
Amen, brother! If you get right in the camera, there isn't much to do in post.
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