> Do you shoot RAW or jpeg, and why? I'm with you Cotty.
Of the 30,000+ frames (or is that 40,000+ ?) I've shot over the past 1.5 years with the 1D Mk 2, I've shot maybe 100 RAW images only because of difficult lighting condition that I know I need to do some stiff post prcessing afterwards. Otherwise for car racing, airshows, horse jumping etc that I normally shoot, it would just be way too much to convert and then back-up these files, on average I find the RAW file would be around 6 MB each where the large .jpg file using default factory setting usually borders around 2 MB each at ISO 200 setting, so I'm saving around 60% of storage space by using .jpg format, I can't even begin to imagine what if would be like to back converted .tiff files at 40+ MB per file! I'm sure there are tiny little differences down at the pixel level, but I'm quite happy with the results I get from large .jpg files, and I've even sold 20x30 prints made from .jpg files without any complaints, so I'll stay with the .jpg for the time being. Oh, I shot some fast action stuff this summer with RAW+L.jpg, and was extremely annoyed that the camera locked up both times after saving 10 of the 12 or 13 frames I shot in a burst, the orange write light stayed on (ie. not blinking) for a minute afterwards with no response from the on/off switch, I had to pop the battery to hard reset the camera each time...... Ken -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
