SHOULD I ALLWAYS SHOOT IN RAW?

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Permalink Reply by tressillian on September 27, 2009 at 7:25am

Yes, it is different and worth doing. To create a JPEG, the camera does some manipulation on the image and then compresses it in order to reduce the size. This is why it is called a "lossy" format. RAW is an ummanipulated and uncompressed format so you have total freedom to make corrections and manipulate the image based on the full data. You do need a RAW converter (Lightroom, Aperture, and plenty of other cheaper or free versions) to make the image viewable - but it's worth it. I use Lightroom to change the exposure, correct the colour temperature, boost saturaton, reduce noise and sharpen the images before saving to TIFF format (a lossless format). Hope this helps, regards.

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Permalink Reply by José Fernandes on September 27, 2009 at 7:32am

Thank you for your kind help. !!! really appreciate. BR

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Permalink Reply by maestro vecchio on September 27, 2009 at 9:14am

Shoot RAW? Always.
More work? Yes.
Worth the trouble? Absolutely.

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Permalink Reply by José Fernandes on September 27, 2009 at 12:18pm

Thanks maestro.... !!! BR

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Permalink Reply by Jova on October 12, 2009 at 12:34pm

I'm agree with maestro.

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Permalink Reply by Cecil on September 27, 2009 at 1:20pm

Raw is definitely better but need more work, raw is normally 16 or 32 bit which is better than jpeg's 8 bit. When you edit in jpeg you lose quality and get what they call banding (if you have to editi in jpeg, change the 8 bit to 16 bit first before editing - may help to reduce the banding). Dynamic range of raw is greater than jpeg hence slightly overexpose/underexpose images may be saved.

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Permalink Reply by José Fernandes on September 27, 2009 at 4:03pm

Thanks.... i apreciate your comment... BR

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Permalink Reply by Dara Lork on September 27, 2009 at 4:21pm

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Permalink Reply by José Fernandes on September 28, 2009 at 2:01am

Thank you...!!!! great site... BR

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Permalink Reply by igor on October 12, 2009 at 7:14am

not always, I don’t wont to spend to much time on Photoshop unless u have a employee that works your Photoshop

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Permalink Reply by john-hallett on October 13, 2009 at 4:41pm

If you need a photograph in a hurry - (say you saw something newsworthy and want to send it up to your local paper) or if you just want a photograph to e-mail to someone then you may as well use JPG to save yourself the additional processing time. Otherwise always use RAW. That is why some cameras have a 'RAW + JPG' button that tells your camera to record the image in both formats - just for those odd moments when you may need a JPG image.

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Permalink Reply by Dara Lork on October 13, 2009 at 5:37pm

Hi Jose,
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Thanks

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