> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >If I cared so little about my photos that I wanted to shoot JPEGs, > I > > wouldn't spend the money on a DSLR. > > > > That's probably overstating things (a bit). > > Maybe a bit, but without a little hyperbole, where's the fun? > > > It depends upon the purpose of your photos. I didn't want to have to > > spend computer time downsizing for some equipment-for-sale photos, so > > I (today) set my K-x to shoot JPEGs at the LOWEST quality settings. > > I'm still glad to have a DSLR, be able to stick a SMC Takumar 50mm f4 > > macro on it, see though the viewfinder for manually focusing (with > > in-focus confirmation beep), have Image Stabilization, etc. > > > > I guess I'm realistic to know that each time I push the shutter > button > > it isn't to create a masterpiece, but it's nice to have the options > > for just-about-anything at your disposal. > > There is some truth in that. However, if an unexpected opportunity > for a great shot comes up, and I have just moments to grab my camera > and take the shot, I want the default to be what will give me the most > opportunity to catch the great shot, rather than merely a pretty good > picture of an amazing view.
Indeed. And there isn't necessarily any additional work involved in shooting JPEG. If you shoot raw and use something like Lightroom you can set Lightroom up so that it applies presets during the import which will produce something like you'd get from shooting JPEG, while retaining the raw data so you can go back and do some editing if you have accidentally shot a masterpiece. B -- 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.
