I remember that a huge minus for Sigma's first dSLR was that it only shot raw. Today, I would not think twice about shooting raw unless the writing speed was absurd (as in the Ricoh p&s).
Today, I only shoot raw. But I'm not shooting sports! Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Jun 19, 2012, at 20:45, "John Coyle" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm - I do actually shoot raw most of the time Bruce - only use jpeg when I'm > looking for fast response , as in kids running around. > I should also have said that, with a good lens, I have printed unprocessed > jpeg's up to A4 with satisfactory results, so I am a lot unimpressed with > the, at one time, constant refrain that Pentax jpeg's were too soft. > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce > Walker > Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012 9:45 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Question About *ist D > > Not a given at all, John. > > From all I've read folks generally expect JPEG shots to be basically cooked > and ready to serve. A smaller percentage of JPEG shooters will crop and maybe > do some basic exposure tweaks, but the majority of JPEG adherents expect the > camera to have done everything, like sharpening and saturation. > > If you shoot assuming that the shot will need further processing you are > doing yourself a disservice by shooting JPEG and you should be using RAW. > Otherwise you are not only trying to undo what the camera has already done to > the image, but you will have thrown away precious dynamic range too. > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> I use the middle settings for saturation, sharpness and contrast, and >> have never had an issue with the jpeg's. In processing, I find that >> using Unsharp Mask at 50-70%, radius 1 and threshold 0 works well for >> prints up to A4 (the biggest I've gone with digital uncropped). >> I don't know why people would criticize an unprocessed jpeg in the >> first place, it's surely a given that it needs to be worked with? >> >> John Coyle >> Brisbane, Australia >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Joseph Tainter >> Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012 3:28 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Question About *ist D >> >> I am about to sell my long-unused *ist D to a colleague, for whom it >> is all the camera she needs. She will probably shoot JPEGs. I always >> use PEF, and recall that *ist D JPEGs were criticized for being soft >> and lacking contrast. I would like to set the camera so that she'll be >> satisfied with the images. >> >> Does anyone recall what in-camera settings to use for sharpness and >> brilliance for this camera? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Joe >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
