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i wouldnt recommend shooting raw if you dont have lightroom either, without it editing raws is a huge pain. lightroom is a must
Originally Posted by gotchaforce /img/forum/go_quote.gif i wouldnt recommend shooting raw if you dont have lightroom either, without it editing raws is a huge pain. lightroom is a must |
Originally Posted by TedwardRoberts /img/forum/go_quote.gif RAW really lets you get the image the way you originally intended it to be, via post-processing. There's not much in a RAW image you can't change. If your images are turning out great, and you like them, I don't see a need to use RAW, other than to experiment. SOME photogs consider RAW to be cheating anyway |
Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif But if you edit it after shooting, re-crop and save as a new image no recompression going on. As to the OP saying "not enough contrast" probably need to learn how to take a shot. The best image shouldn't need any post-processing at all. |
Originally Posted by archosman /img/forum/go_quote.gif To the OP... are you shooting everything in auto or are you playing with the manual modes? If it's just auto then I see no point. |
Originally Posted by TedwardRoberts /img/forum/go_quote.gif RAW really lets you get the image the way you originally intended it to be, via post-processing. There's not much in a RAW image you can't change. If your images are turning out great, and you like them, I don't see a need to use RAW, other than to experiment. SOME photogs consider RAW to be cheating anyway |
Originally Posted by MD1032 /img/forum/go_quote.gif It all boils down to whether you're really into post-processing or not. |
Originally Posted by mr_baseball_08 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Interesting, I've never heard this. If anything, JPG is cheating. The camera sees in RAW and records in JPG. When the camera converts to JPG it's actually applying the contrast/color cast/white balance/sharpness that you pick. In essence, it's OVERprocessing the RAW file that it originally captured. Editing in post means doing the same exact thing but with more control. How is that cheating? |
Originally Posted by billybob_jcv /img/forum/go_quote.gif +1 To the OP - IMHO, it's all about the light. Study how light and the camera interact with one another and you will be significantly ahead of 95% of the snap-shooting public. You are on the right track learning about aperture, shutter speed, etc. There is an entire world outside of "Auto" - and learning a bit of the theory involved in exposure, DOF, dynamic range, white balance, etc will make what the camera and the post-processing does a little less mysterious. I am by no means a photographer - the more I shoot, the more I learn how little I know - but the learning process is fun and challenging! FYI - here's an excellent site: The Luminous Landscape |
Originally Posted by Squirsier /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm kinda there. Tomorrow I'll hunt and print wikipedia articles on various terms that I am not comfortable with (that my camera's manual assume I already know what they mean). For example, I know the higher aperture, the sharper the background's focus become and vice versa, but I can't tell exactly what "aperture" means. I bought a more "complicated" camera, below DSLR to learn those things and my vacations are coming up with plenty of opportunities to take pictures. With my old camera I did experience with white balance a lot, so I'm already comfortable with this. Same for exposure (thanks to a bunch of ruined pictures when I accidentally over-exposed a bunch of them - THEN I knew what exposure was...). Shutter speed, not so much. At least, not to take any pictures outside of the "15, 30, 60 secs" mode. And then shutter speed vs ISO... Need to get myself a good tripod too. However, the idea of having the camera record just what the imaging chip recorded and being able to endlessly edit the image without any loss of quality is very tempting. I'm honestly excited about this. I've made music, as a hobby (tho the thousands of dollars I invested mostly in synth gear over 10 years might say otherwise But this time around, I'll make sure to learn everything proper before "upgrading" (one of the reasons I did not wanted to get a DSLR yet)... Thanks for the link btw, I browsed through a few articles, very enlightening! |