I do the same as you Cotty - shoot RAW when I'm doing artsy stuff, and JPG for snapshots. I've set up an action in PS which does the basic resizing, re-sampling etc. for me, and I can set it to batch process a bunch of JPEGs while I do something more interesting (like having a glass of wine!)
I find the way I have the *ist-D set up, I need to tweak very little after that for family stuff - it ain't fine art, fer gawd's sake, most people are happy if they can recognise themselves and Aunt Matilda, and nobody has their eyes shut (actually, my wife is notorious for closing her eyes just as I fire the shutter, it's like a Pavlovian reaction). A little while ago, I posted a PESO of my youngest grandchild which was an unprocessed JPEG: nobody commented how awful it was, even if they thought it, so maybe Pentax has got the standards right in camera, for most people. My own choice would be to apply a little USM to most, but I do like sharp shots for most stuff. Portraits of women and babies,however, might not suffer too much from being less than critically sharp. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:04 AM Subject: Re: K10D review online > On 16/12/06, J. C. O'Connell, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>But isnt the purpose of using the jpeg output >>option of the camera so you can just go >>straight to a print lab and print the jpegs >>without having to do any digital processing >>of the images on a PC or laptop? It sounds >>like you cant do RAW and get instant **USABLE** >>results which is what I meant. > > When I shoot jpeg (not on a Pentax obviously) I don't just pop them > across onto the printer. I do post-processing. I've got it down to a > fast and efficient method. I do RAW as well, but to be honest for > anything less than best quality print, jpeg is more than adequate. The > only thing that puts RAW a peg or two above jpeg for me is the exposure > latitude. Otherwise, I'd shoot jpeg all the time. > > I'll bring a selection of prints to GFM and defy anyone to to identify > jpeg versus RAW originals... > > -- > > > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
