>Does the camera always save the jpeg the way you >want it to? Tom, please elaborate.
Kenneth Waller -----Original Message----- From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 1, 2005 6:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why I Haven't Yet Switched I find a raw file has 3-4 stops of latitude to play with. How many you got in those jpegs? Does the camera always save the jpeg the way you want it to? What do you do if it doesn't? You continue shooting jpegs, I'll continue shooting raw. That way we will both be happy <grin>. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Cotty wrote: > > >>--- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>If your take the image from the camera to the printer, you will see >>>almost no difference. If you take the image from the camera to the >>>computer doing a little editing along the way you will see a little >>>bit >>>of difference. If you reopen the image and do a bit more editing and >>>save it a couple of times you will see quite a bit of difference. >>> >>> > >Tom, you're talking about re-saving as jpeg each time. No point. > >I shoot jpeg all the time. I copy across from card to computer. Those >that get worked on are saved as PSDs, period. Then: > >some are re-sized up to 300ppi for printing (usually not saved) > >some are re-sized down to 700 pixels along the longest edge and saved as >(smaller) PSDs ready to use directly in my website software (Freeway) or > >some are re-sized down to a suitable size for viewing on a computer >screen and turned into 50~100 KB jpegs (using the 'save for web' >function in CS) ready for email. > > >Aside from the last option, I don't revisit the jpeg format once the >image has left the camera. Freeway creates the jpeg from the ~1MB PSD >files and does a good job (aside from stripping the profile out of it - >something they are working on, I have been told). > >BTW, my hair upped and left long before I ate my hat ;-) > > > > >Cheers, > Cotty > > >___/\__ >|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >_____________________________ > > > > > ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
