William Robb wrote: >The pro guys I deal with are mostly shooting jpg. The exceptions are when >they feel the need for the extra WB control, although even then, they aren't >doing much beyond using the default conversion to jpg.
Is this mostly in a studio environment? JPEG makes sens there because lighting and exposure are controlled. All the wedding pros I know personally shoot Raw because of the constantly changing lighting. And many PJ photographers are required by their employers to shoot Raw now, so that they have a verifiable "original" in case allegations of image manipulation come up. When Patrick Schneider spoke at the GFM Camera Clinic (the late summer PJ event) in the midst of his image alteration controversy a few years ago, he revealed that the Charlotte Observer has *always* required its photographers to shoot Raw. The paper keeps a permanent archive of all its photographers' Raw files just in case questions about a photo's authenticity arise later. Given the various scandals that have arisen since then, I'd be amazed if most major papers didn't have very similar policies. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
