Comments on: Raw Dogs http://www.benspark.com/raw-dogs.html Everyday Pictures... Every... Day Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:58:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Drew http://www.benspark.com/raw-dogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-62413 Drew Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:49:17 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=5713#comment-62413 Thanks Bryan, when I have a moment I'm going to check that out. Thanks Bryan, when I have a moment I’m going to check that out.

]]> By: Bryan Villarin http://www.benspark.com/raw-dogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-62408 Bryan Villarin Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:07:19 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=5713#comment-62408 Drew, I think that Michael Mistretta's post "<a href="http://michaelmistretta.com/2008/raw-vs-jpeg/" rel="nofollow">RAW vs JPEG</a>" explains the difference very well. Of course, it's not only the memory cards that pose a problem - it's also hard drive space. Oy. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Bryan Villarins last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AllNarfedUp/~3/507374291/" rel="nofollow">Dog looking for a home</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Drew,

I think that Michael Mistretta’s post “RAW vs JPEG” explains the difference very well.

Of course, it’s not only the memory cards that pose a problem – it’s also hard drive space. Oy.

Bryan Villarins last blog post..Dog looking for a home

]]> By: Drew http://www.benspark.com/raw-dogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-62389 Drew Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:55:11 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=5713#comment-62389 Stephen, You are pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. I'd love to see more of that on your blog. As someone who has written books for public consumption with instruction you can really clean up in the dogs who blog and photog niche. Stephen,
You are pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. I’d love to see more of that on your blog. As someone who has written books for public consumption with instruction you can really clean up in the dogs who blog and photog niche.

]]> By: stephen http://www.benspark.com/raw-dogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-62383 stephen Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:09:34 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=5713#comment-62383 Shooting is raw is in many ways much easier. Basically RAW is recording everything the sensor sees. This means you don't have to worry about setting the white balance at all since white balance is applied by the camera when it creates a JPG. Also raw as you noted is much bigger which is a double edged sword it takes up more room and thus writes slower to your memory card (get a big fast memory card and tnis is generally insignificant). The RAW files are lossless unlike JPG files which are compress. The JPG compression process actually loses some detail in you pictures. Some people believe that modern editing software can work as well on JPG's as RAW file but really it is better to have more info to start with before you manipulate. The real down side it RAW needs to be converted to JPG before you can look at it. \ Nikon View NX will handle Nikon RAW files quite well. Picassa which is free from Google also does a great job. If you are going to work with RAW and I do recommend it either shoot raw + jpg which will give you the raw file as well as a jog based on your current camera white balance settings. This takes up a lot more space really the best thing to do is to download the codec from Microsoft so you can view RAW files as thumbnails. http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/codecs.aspx This will allow you to see the files before you open then so you don't have to rememner that dsc_3517.DSC is a picture of EVA and DSC_3588.NEF is a picture of a cat you don't need Shooting is raw is in many ways much easier. Basically RAW is recording everything the sensor sees. This means you don’t have to worry about setting the white balance at all since white balance is applied by the camera when it creates a JPG. Also raw as you noted is much bigger which is a double edged sword it takes up more room and thus writes slower to your memory card (get a big fast memory card and tnis is generally insignificant).

The RAW files are lossless unlike JPG files which are compress. The JPG compression process actually loses some detail in you pictures. Some people believe that modern editing software can work as well on JPG’s as RAW file but really it is better to have more info to start with before you manipulate.

The real down side it RAW needs to be converted to JPG before you can look at it. \

Nikon View NX will handle Nikon RAW files quite well. Picassa which is free from Google also does a great job.

If you are going to work with RAW and I do recommend it either shoot raw + jpg which will give you the raw file as well as a jog based on your current camera white balance settings. This takes up a lot more space really the best thing to do is to download the codec from Microsoft so you can view RAW files as thumbnails.
http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/codecs.aspx

This will allow you to see the files before you open then so you don’t have to rememner that dsc_3517.DSC is a picture of EVA and DSC_3588.NEF is a picture of a cat you don’t need

]]> By: Drew http://www.benspark.com/raw-dogs.html/comment-page-1#comment-62308 Drew Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:38:55 +0000 http://www.benspark.com/?p=5713#comment-62308 Baba, Yep, a very easy one to enter. Baba,
Yep, a very easy one to enter.

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