Tim Munro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: >Seeing as things are a bit slow your end I'll bite.... while I understand >the benefits of shooting RAW 16 bits images that can be adjusted later, I >have to disagree with your conclusion regarding jpg images. Many of the >magazines I regularly work for have now advised that they are happy to >receive jpg submissions only rather than the RAW/jpg images I was supplying. >Many of the jpg's have been used for front covers and double page spreads. I >did a shoot today for the biggest trucking mag here which included shots to >be used for their next two front covers - all shot in fine jpg.
Granted, your IDS RAW images are much bigger, that can be a problem. And of course you are shooting in controlled lighting. Nature is rarely controlled, and I have found little time in field for bracketing or adjustments. Even though I usually do underexpose a tad with a white bird in the image, many times I need to adjust later. So, to boil it down, you have to shoot in JPG to fit enough images on your CF cards on a trip? Or you control the shoot enough that no adjustments are ever needed? Then JPG is fine - hey if you're making cashola doing it, then it works :-) I love the way I can adjust a RAW image though. If I didn't have this ability, digital would not be for me, at least not for shooting nature, which I seem to be doing mostly. Many are the dull, dark and flat early mornings when I shoot birds. I'm also pumping up the ISO regularly. I can't imagine doing what I'm doing with slides or any other way. I guess I'd be spending hours scanning and manipulating my scans. Capture One LE really makes it so easy to adjust. RAW is just a small part of my workflow and if JPG is what I want it can easily handle that too. Amazingly enough, the Frontier lab I use does not take TIF files, nor do they handle 16 bit files, nor are they colour space aware. I make them up JPGs with maximum quality and they give me nice prints. I also like to control the sharpening. Each image seems to require a different sharpening, somtimes soft, sometimes sharper. Sometimes more, sometimes less. It depends on the mood of the image and of course other things like subject size. Glad I got some discussion going here about digital, I was on the Yahoo 10D list for awhile but got tired real fast of all the beginner questions and repeated offtopics like what printer is best. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
