On 7 Apr 2006 at 1:19, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > > On Apr 7, 2006, at 12:46 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > Why is it necessary to push a comparison with your 6x7 camera? > > Because I have it and I use it for the majority of my work. We are not > talking about anyone but me here -- I have not said that "no one should > shoot RAW and everyone should shoot 67" because it is impractical for > many people. > > > Is it not enough that if you want to exploit your DSLR to the best of > > its > > capabilities, you should experiment with RAW format? > > Oh, sure. However, I am not about to interrupt a massively > time-constrained scenario to fiddle around with batch processing > 800-odd RAW files before uploading them all -- I do not have the extra > time. And I don't need the extra range because the lighting is not > changing -- I either got it right or I didn't, and I can see on the > histogram which it was. > > > I disagree with you on several counts here, but I respect your > > preference for the 6x7. Whether it is better or worse than the DSLR > > was not the point at all. It was unnecessary to engage into another > > foolish comparison debate. > > Oh, you're right then. I'm an idiot for not shooting RAW. Stupid me, > I should always shoot RAW, regardless of my situation or what I'm using > the camera for. I see the light now. Speed is definitely no longer an > issue for me! > > > The time you spend working in-camera JPEG processing settings and > > exposure bracketing to get everything correct for every scene type is > > greater than the time it takes to process RAW format files, once you > > understand what you're doing, and you have more options with RAW > > format. That's all I was saying. > > Not true. How long does it take, per file, to process these RAW files > on my G4 dual 867? How long to process 800 of them? > > I don't bracket. I take good meter readings, I shoot, I check the > histogram and then we're locked in for the night. > > > If you don't want to get what you paid for out of your DSLR, that's > > your choice. To me, it's a waste. > > I paid for speed of turnaround. If I shoot RAW, I have lost that > speed. So, if I shoot RAW, I am not getting what I paid for out of my > DSLR. Get it? > > Why is it that people insist they know better than I do what I'm > shooting and what the best tool in my arsenal is for that job?
It simply sounds like you may have picked the wrong camera for the job, the hot pixel management implemented in the Pentax bodies obviously isn't working in your shooting scenario. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
