On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Cotty wrote: > Regarding RAW shots on the *ist D, Rob wrote: > > > RAW only gives 70 shots even on 1Gb. > > [snip] > > Rob, promise me you'll do one little test: > > 1. Take a RAW shot of a nice landscape. > > 2. Now switch to large/fine jpeg mode and take another shot of same. > > 3. Extract RAW shot later on computer, have it open in one window. > > 4. Open the jpeg shot of same in another window. > > 5. Zoom in on both so you're looking at the same group of pixels - compare. > > 6. Print out the RAW shot and then print out the jpeg - compare. > > I will bet that you decide to shoot L/F jpeg for most, if not all of your > photography.
I'm interested in using RAW mode not because I have JPEG compression bothersome, but because RAW gives me additional flexibility. With RAW I have the full 12 bits per pixel (instead of 8) so I can fix exposure (to a small degree) and white balance with less problems in a RAW file than a JPEG file. alex
