On Nov 23, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > When you capture raw format and do the image processing after the > fact, you're in essence shooting more like what you did when you used > a film camera: you worry about focus, framing and getting the exposure > right, not how much sharpening to apply, what white point you want to > be using, how much saturation and contrast you want, etc. Aside from > the greatly expanded image processing potential of raw capture, it > lets me focus on the image taking tasks much more single-mindedly and > leaves the rendering tasks and decisions to another time.
Thanks for the clear explanation, Godfrey. I hope that at some point I'll be able to take over processing from the camera. There are undoubtedly a lot of things going on with jpeg that I'm not aware of, but otherwise I'm try to rely on in-camera processing as little as possible. Exposure compensation is one thing I do set. Beyond composition I'm trying to keep the focus on the mechanics -- iso, aperture, shutter speed, focus, focal length, field of view. I have a lot to learn just about them. > Dealing with underexposed and noisy image files isn't easy in either > case, but you have lot more data to work with and a lot better control > of how it is rendered if your original data is a raw capture. I'm prepared to be disappointed at what's possible with jpeg. But maybe I'll learn something. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
