Why RAW?
Dec 14, 2022 08:35:12 #
Dec 14, 2022 08:38:31 #
jlg1000 wrote:
Yes, it means "Really Admirable Work" 
If we start using it in that context it will REALLY confuse a lot of people!
Dec 14, 2022 09:30:28 #
fjo
Loc: Georgetown Texas
CHG_CANON wrote:
Raw isn't just a file format, it's a way of life. RAW is one of the true wonders of modern digital photography. Many times while editing my RAW files, I begin to see my connection to the fabric of the universe.
Thinking way too deep about this.
Dec 14, 2022 09:32:54 #
fjo wrote:
Thinking way too deep about this.
(I like his humor.
)Dec 14, 2022 09:38:20 #
fjo wrote:
Thinking way too deep about this.
He's in his own little bubble. It comes from inhaling too much fixer in the darkroom.
Dec 14, 2022 09:49:25 #
Dec 14, 2022 09:50:32 #
Too many people subscribe to advanced software to edit RAW files to impress people they don't even like.
Dec 14, 2022 09:53:27 #
cmc4214 wrote:
There will never bs consistency over long periods of time...someone always has a "better" idea 
Let the academic standards bearers put a stamp on that, first.
It's like using "impact" as a verb. If I did that in college, I would get an automatic F on a paper. Harbrace Handbook said that was verboten! Today, it is listed in most dictionaries as both a noun and a verb, probably because Boomer journalists protested so loudly by using it in news stories as a verb. Smashing.
Dec 14, 2022 10:01:22 #
burkphoto wrote:
Let the academic standards bearers put a stamp on that, first.
It's like using "impact" as a verb. If I did that in college, I would get an automatic F on a paper. Harbrace Handbook said that was verboten! Today, it is listed in most dictionaries as both a noun and a verb, probably because Boomer journalists protested so loudly by using it in news stories as a verb. Smashing.
It's like using "impact" as a verb. If I did that in college, I would get an automatic F on a paper. Harbrace Handbook said that was verboten! Today, it is listed in most dictionaries as both a noun and a verb, probably because Boomer journalists protested so loudly by using it in news stories as a verb. Smashing.
Things change, sometimes for the better, sometimes for worse.
I like being able to say "...will impact..." without reprisal.
Not that I would care...
Dec 14, 2022 10:12:40 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
Shoot the way you are most comfortable. There are many professional and highly paid photographers that shoot JPG while on assignment and there are some who only shoot RAW while being paid. I only shot RAW for about 11-years and I am just now, at 80, shooting some monochrome JGPs. I find them quite editable. I have always strived to "get it right in camera" and so I feel it matters little anymore. Photography is a science and it is also personal. Shoot what and how you want.
Dec 14, 2022 10:13:15 #
Using Raw I can do much more with raw than I can with a JPG. Changing blue shade with a little color yellow. I have lens corrections on ARC. I can change highlights, raise shadows much more easy than a JPG. If you ever shot film that is raw is the same as film but much better than film these days.
Dec 14, 2022 10:27:16 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
A 6000x4000-pixel RAW has exactly the same 24MP as the corresponding JPEG. Anyone that doesn't understand this 'basics of digital photography' probably should turn in their digital camera.
Wouldn’t that be a step backwards? Being left with their Instamatic (sic?) could be fatal.
Dec 14, 2022 10:29:02 #
David Martin
Loc: Cary, NC
burkphoto wrote:
It's like using "impact" as a verb. If I did that in college, I would get an automatic F on a paper. Harbrace Handbook said that was verboten! Today, it is listed in most dictionaries as both a noun and a verb, probably because Boomer journalists protested so loudly by using it in news stories as a verb. Smashing.
Well, in gastroenterology we used "impact" as a verb.
And "impacted" as an adjective (and diagnosis).
But that's another entire matter altogether!
Which might explain why, when someone or some righteous cause is described as "impactful," it brings me a smile.
Dec 14, 2022 10:49:28 #
Dec 14, 2022 10:53:14 #
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