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Apr 4, 2012 09:18:02   #
rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona
 
I'll put it simply. The first 3 digital cameras I owned and did not offer RAW. Tif was as close as I could get. To maximize the small memory size of the cards that came with the camera, I shot jpg.

When I got my latest digital it offered RAW format, but I fell back on what i had been using for years, jpg. I finally got enough fortitude to try RAW. I'll, more than likely, never shoot in any other format again.

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Apr 4, 2012 10:30:47   #
billwassmann Loc: Emerson, NJ
 
If you make your living shooting types of photos that will need a lot of work later, e.g. advertising or fine art, then RAW is good. My son uses it, I don't bother. At my age I shoot for me. Ninety-nine point nine percent of all pictures can be shot in JPEG because they don't need further work (or just a little) and can be duplicated.

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Apr 4, 2012 10:45:39   #
michelleGD
 
Thanks Bill...... I am going to try and try both ways. I will see which works best for me. Appreciate the advice.

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Apr 4, 2012 10:51:45   #
Bias eyes
 
Lines up quite a few ducks for me . Great forum always a pleasure. Never really been into post production but waiting for my cs5 to arrive. Gunna give this HDR a crack. I've heard that less is more. Tag

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Apr 4, 2012 13:27:43   #
CocoaRoger Loc: Cocoa Florida
 
You might also look at it this way. If you shoot a JPEG data is ''tossed'' or lost plus your photo will be the result of the camera's settings ie someone else's idea as to how it should look. If you shoot in RAW as explained you have ALL of the data to work with and adjust to what YOU like. Having all of tha data means it's easier to fix mistakes such as over or under exposure, your white balance etc.. Trying to do that with a JPEG is often not possible because the data that you need to bring out what's in that black shadow, or that bright white brick house is lost so you can't do a whole lot to bring out the details in those problem areas. What I always suggest, go out at dusk, just as it is getting completely dark and take pictures of your home or something like that. Shoot in both RAW and JPEG and then use your PP program and try to fix the problems with that photo. After you do that, open the RAW file and work on that with your RAW program and you'll see how much better you can adjust bright and dark areas to bring out the detail that is in those areas that the programmer of your camera processsing program decided wasn't worth keeping. Again though, remember that shooting in JPEG is like turning your roll of film to Wal Mart and the machine prints it according to it's programming. How many times have we all gotten photos back that were developed poorly and you wish you could fix that picture. Well with RAW youre the technician working on the negative and making the adjustments you want.

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Apr 4, 2012 13:31:46   #
CocoaRoger Loc: Cocoa Florida
 
I started a thread yesterday regarding this and uploaded this photo as an example. Picture 145 -- the dark one was the result of how the camera was set up at that moment. The picture called ''copy'' is what I was able to do to the jpeg and the one called ''Gable Kitty'' is the result of working on the RAW file and you can see the difference between working a crappy photo taken as a JPEG and working the same picture from the RAW file.







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Apr 4, 2012 14:32:04   #
dundeelad Loc: Originally UK. Current West Dundee, Illinois
 
1941Buckeye wrote:
THANKS SO MUCH FOR ASKING, Sandra! While our people here on UHH are really fine and wonderfully helpful, I feel like one of these days someone will say "Shut it, Buckeye! Enough your qq"!
And Travlmn46, thanks for the explanation. Don't know about you, Sandra, but I am working through stroke and I got a LOT to learn. This RAW will take me a LOT of figuring out, but at least the qq is answered!


Nobody will ever say "shut it Buckeye." Not on this forum.

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Apr 4, 2012 16:30:02   #
billwassmann Loc: Emerson, NJ
 
Learn proper exposure and you won't have to do all that work!

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Apr 4, 2012 17:21:49   #
1941Buckeye Loc: home is Miami Co., Ohio
 
You know what? I believe you totally. So many have had a chance, but just goin' right ahead on to help me. And the help has been and is so fine. I would like to find a great big park and have every body over!!!! What you think, Yellow Stone?????

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Apr 4, 2012 20:11:29   #
dundeelad Loc: Originally UK. Current West Dundee, Illinois
 
1941Buckeye wrote:
You know what? I believe you totally. So many have had a chance, but just goin' right ahead on to help me. And the help has been and is so fine. I would like to find a great big park and have every body over!!!! What you think, Yellow Stone?????


Lovely idea but I think the members from Kiwi land and Australia might have a bit of a problem getting there., and of course I forgot the members from Central Africa and the Phillipines.

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Apr 4, 2012 21:32:24   #
Bias eyes
 
Yellow stone is a little bit of a drive from western Australia but if you put on the beers I'll b there

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Apr 4, 2012 21:52:49   #
1941Buckeye Loc: home is Miami Co., Ohio
 
Yeah. You got that right! Maybe I'll have to figure out how to get my hands on a million or 2 and THEN figure something out! Actually, I'd rather go TO Australia! Something my Dad and I always wanted.

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Apr 4, 2012 21:54:44   #
English_Wolf Loc: Near Pensacola, FL
 
RAW vs JPEG, vulgarization.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-27189-1.html

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Apr 4, 2012 21:55:12   #
1941Buckeye Loc: home is Miami Co., Ohio
 
I apologize. I am not understanding "exposure" here. I think what I understand is not right here.

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Apr 4, 2012 21:57:11   #
BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
 
billwassmann wrote:
Learn proper exposure and you won't have to do all that work!


Bill, you put all the best photographic advice we need in your first three words. Forget about equipment, accessories and gadgets until you "Learn proper exposure......" Learning about lighting, shutter speeds, aperture, etc. will solve the vast majority of problems that most photographers encounter.

"Gee, what would happen if I opened the aperture one stop and shot one step faster?" is a valid question! Whether to shoot RAW, TIFF, or JPEG will be more easily understood and decided once you "Learn proper exposure...."

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