Who needs Photoshop & RAW when you've got an X Pro 1!

Fenwoodian wrote:

I bought an XP1 about 3 months ago. The last few weeks I've been making dozens of large prints on my Epson 7600 from XP1 jpgs.

I have made hundreds of prints over the years on this printer using digial image files taken with my Nikon D300 and Canon 5D. All of these previous Nikon and Canon files were RAWS. I have sold these prints at summer art shows in my booth.

Well, the 16x24 and 18x27 inch prints made from the XP1 jpgs these last few days are significantly more colorful, clear, contrasty, and sharp than anything I printed from Canon and Nikon RAW files previously!

Most of the prints that I compared were colorful autumn landscapes I took here in northern Wisconsin. Prints from the Nikon/Canon RAWS had leaves that were a blurry and a non-distinct mass; while on the XP1 jpg prints I could distinctly see every individual leaf and twig.

I used to labor for hours in PhotoShop on Nikon and Canon RAWs. Now, all I have to do to the XP1 jpgs is resize them (at 180dpi, the resized 18x27 file is still slightly smaller than the original) and sharpen - THAT'S IT! SIMPLE!

Less time, better prints, I'm happy.... Who needs RAW files anyway?