Full Version: RAW Format
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#7]
15 Jun 2006
To: Dave Jones (DAVERJ) [#6] 15 Jun 2006
Thank you Dave.
The site Shaddy pointed out, mentioned the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in as being very good.
Good tip on the gray card.
EDITED: 15 Jun 2006 by DGL
From: Mike (BIGPIXEL) [#8]
15 Jun 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#7] 15 Jun 2006
All good advice. I shoot RAW almost exclusively due to all the reasons mentioned above. Another reason that adds to the above is that you can select 16 bit Tif as a file type in the converter, jpeg is only 8 bit. All editing will be finer, smoother if editing in 16 bit.
But you have to have enough computing power in this situation. When I convert my raw files to 16 bit tif I end up with a 69MB file. I also use PKS (Photokit sharpener) which makes from 3-4 layers while doing its thing. That prodices a work file of 400MB+ temporarily until you flatten the file down again. I'm getting by with a P4 processor, 2GB RAM and a dedicated drive for PS scratch disk but wish I had 8 gigs of RAM sometimes!
EDITED: 15 Jun 2006 by BIGPIXEL
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#9]
15 Jun 2006
To: Mike (BIGPIXEL) [#8] 15 Jun 2006
Ooof! Those are huge file sizes!
Fortunately, the cost of computers, peripherals and RAM, etc. has come down considerably, compared to years ago.
Still sounds as if a peron's going to make a serious run at digital photography, there's much more, expense-wise and equipment-wise, than meets the eye.
From: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#10]
15 Jun 2006
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#5] 16 Jun 2006
I thought you might have been asking on her behalf as she has just aquired the 5d , RAW is not a format many ppl shoot in as most think it's too fiddly.
For shots for lasering etc , just about any 1/2 decent 3+ mpixel point and shoot will do.
My interest is mainly personal , Photography has been one of my hobbies since I got my first Camera , and that is a story in itself.
I was failing maths in standard 8 or near to failing , my parents were concerned , to cut a long story short , I made my dad sign an undertaking that if I got an A (over 80%) at the end of the year , he would get me a konica T3 slr - was 1973 I think - I came top of the whole grade (120 ppl) and got my A and got my SLR - never worked harder at anything in my life as that!!
In my school holidays I used to work in a custom developing lab and as a gofer for a very good pro photgrapher , so learnt a ton.
I used to enter competitions and have sold a few images to stock agencies , but these days mainly use my Canon stuff for pleasure and at work for our large format digital printing operation where I do a lot of studio type product shots for various applications like backlit displays , point of sale displays , Posters , vehicle wraps , billboards and the like. I also just like the gear and owning it and use the work application as justification for getting it.
South Africa and Cape Town , where I live , is a photgraphers paradise , as a family we go out one day most weekends to a place where I can shoot something and the rest of my family can enjoy.
EDITED: 15 Jun 2006 by RODNEY_GOLD
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#11]
15 Jun 2006
To: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#10] 15 Jun 2006
A man after my own heart.
From: Mike (BIGPIXEL) [#12]
15 Jun 2006
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#11] 16 Jun 2006
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#13]
16 Jun 2006
To: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#10] 16 Jun 2006
Thanks for the inside story. Sounds like you're making the grade, in more ways than one. :-)
From: basehorawards [#14]
19 Jun 2006
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#11] 19 Jun 2006
quote:
I also just like the gear and owning it and use the work application as justification for getting it.
Isn't that the definition of what it is to be a man?
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#15]
19 Jun 2006
To: basehorawards [#14] 19 Jun 2006