Re: [darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Niranjan Rao
On 1/11/22 7:13 AM, Chas G wrote: In a current thread, someone asked, "If you are more satisfied with the in-camera jpg, why are you bothering with dt and why are you shooting raw?" I know that a raw file can offer more data, and that darktable is thought of mainly as a raw converter. My

Re: [darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Bernhard
Terry Pinfold schrieb am 11.01.22 um 23:21: It is really interesting when you have a class of twelve students and you end up with twelve different interpretations of the same image file. yes - that's also what I am experiencing over there:

Re: [darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Terry Pinfold
I would just like to add to the comment about mobile phones. When I grew up my grandparents had Box Brownie cameras, and many of my generation had Kodak style instamatic cameras that took 110 or 126 film cartridges. These cameras captured our lives growing up. 35 mm cameras were the realm of

Re: [darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Terry Pinfold
Hi Patrick, Thanks for this post. One of the recurring problems or questions that appear here and elsewhere is that the RAW file processed by various programs, including but not limited to DT, do not match the out of camera JPG. The camera's JPG is the manufacturer's attempt at

[darktable-user] Accumulative Masking

2022-01-11 Thread David Vincent-Jones
I often parametrically mask sky areas to adjust the contrast or cloud detail. Quite often the selected mask area is not wholly representative of the entire sky due to trees or other obstructions. In that case I need to individually adjust each of the mask parameters to expand the mask extent.

Re: [darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Chas G [01-11-22 11:59]: > "I made that comment and on further consideration, it was un-called for. dt > is excellent in processing images, raw and otherwise. I perhaps was > becomeing somewhat frustrated trying to explain that the jpg images out of > camera were processed in-camera whereas

Re: [darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Chas G
"I made that comment and on further consideration, it was un-called for. dt is excellent in processing images, raw and otherwise. I perhaps was becomeing somewhat frustrated trying to explain that the jpg images out of camera were processed in-camera whereas the raw was not and felt the OP

Re: [darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Chas G [01-11-22 10:16]: > In a current thread, someone asked, "If you are more satisfied with the > in-camera jpg, why are you bothering with dt and why are you shooting raw?" > > I know that a raw file can offer more data, and that darktable is thought > of mainly as a raw converter. My take

[darktable-user] Raw only?

2022-01-11 Thread Chas G
In a current thread, someone asked, "If you are more satisfied with the in-camera jpg, why are you bothering with dt and why are you shooting raw?" I know that a raw file can offer more data, and that darktable is thought of mainly as a raw converter. My take is that darktable can - and should -

Re: [darktable-user] Imported images are always way too dark

2022-01-11 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Bernhard [01-11-22 02:22]: > > > Patrick Shanahan schrieb am 10.01.22 um 22:50: > > * Bernhard [01-10-22 16:30]: > > > > > > bwh vanBeest schrieb am 10.01.22 um 22:12: > > > > When I import a  series of images straight from the camera (Nikon D850, > > > > Nikon nef format) in Darktable