Film at 11? Paul Stenquist wrote:
>Pigs Fly. >Paul >On Jun 17, 2006, at 12:24 PM, Cotty wrote: > > > >>Can someone please serve me some pie? >> >>Reading through the couple of recent threads on pixels and jpegs vs RAW >>spurred me on to do another test (I hate tests because it means work). >> >>When I got a DSLR a few years ago I did a test where I shot some books >>on a shelf in both RAW and large fine jpeg and compared the results on >>the monitor, blown right up in Photoshop. This was with a Canon D60. >>The >>detail was more or less the same in both pics, and so I kept with jpeg >>as it was all a bit of a learning curve at the time and I'm for the >>path >>of least resistance when I can get away with it. >> >>I sold the D60 and got a 1Dmark II (1.3 crop from full frame) and have >>been happy with it. Of course, I didn't do any tests as I assumed the >>results would be the same. But, of course, they're not. >> >>Hence, I was fiddling (fondling?) my beloved Pentax SMC-A* 85mm f/1.4 >>(to confirm I'm on topic here) and there was a very contrasty subject >>right in front of me: buckets of paint and bits of wood, backlit, >>darkest shadows right through to bright highlights bouncing off the >>lids. >> >>I shot one jpeg frame and one RAW. >> >>Into Photoshop CS with both, the RAW staying in 16 bit. Here's a couple >>of screen shots: >> >><http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare5.html> >> >>Guess which one is the RAW file :-) >> >>ISO 800, 1/30th sec handheld (c'mon I don't do tripod tests - there has >>to be an element of risk ;-) >> >>The jpeg is as good as I could get it. The white lids with hot sun on >>them were solid gone, but the shadow detail was full retrievable with >>the RAW. With the jpeg it took a lot of bodging and it stinks. But the >>level of detail in the RAW amazed me. That instantly sold me back onto >>RAW. >> >>Of course, there's no way my inkjet can cope with showing that detail, >>but that's another story. >> >>Some facts: jpeg file on card 5MB, RAW is 8 MB. I'm down from 300-odd >>jpegs per 2 GB card to 187 at 200 ISO. Time for some more cards :-( >> >>And time to pull Bruce's book off the shelf and have another go. >> >>Some pass me a desert fork.... >> >>-- >> >> >>Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >>___/\__ >>|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >>||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >>_____________________________ >> >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
