To the group,
Since I am a commercial studio photographer coming from a view camera
background, I only shoot RAW. But for all you shooters who only capture in
JPG, please keep in mind that it is a "lossy" compression format. Every time
you open and close a JPG you get some image degradation.
If we can still open and use JPGs 20 years from now, a problematic question,
your favorite JPGs may be very ratty by then.
Stan Patz NYC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.PatzImaging.com
Right, time for a poll.
Do you shoot RAW or jpeg, and why?
I'll start. I shoot jpeg. The reason I shoot jpegs is simple. I shot the
same scene RAW and large/fine jpeg. I put both through PS and printed
each at A3. I compared the prints and there was not a damn bit of
difference between them. My end result is printing, so that was that.
I'm aware of the extra 'latitude' that RAW has to offer, but for the
sort of stuff I shoot, I'm not fussed. I pay a bit more attention to
exposure, and bracket where necessary. The 1DmII is spectacularly
accurate a good 90% of the time. Speaking of which, I don't have buckets
of time to sit processing image files and I don't do batch work. I zip
through my 'contacts' in the PS file browser on a Mac and pick out the
ones I want, apply some curves and save as PSD's. Resized and sharpened,
a few pop out the S9000 and are mounted on friends walls.
Flame away ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
We both shoot JPEG, too. With the overall quality of the JPEG compared to
the RAW files, there's just so little point in the extra step in workflow
to convert from RAW to JPEG. Yes, there's more room to correct in RAW,
but, if you get it right the first time, there's really no need, as we see
it...
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
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