NEF or not to NEF - thats the question.

Joachim Gerstl · Jan 10, 2003

I had my doubts but now I´m a believer! For everyone who has no idea why he should use NEF and nothing but NEF all the time I put some information and comparisons on my website under:

HOW TO digital.

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Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

john foderaro · Jan 10, 2003

Nice web site layout but 50% grey text over black is very hard to read. Major eyestrain.

Joachim Gerstl · Jan 10, 2003

solution. Maybe I should change font to Times New Roman? Thanks for your suggestion!

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Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

Cathy · Jan 10, 2003

Definitely agree. Good site, very informative. Thanks for sharing. But, it's too hard to read.
Cathy

Robert Shapero · Jan 10, 2003

I think that it is a simple question depending on what your trying to accomplish

For fine art NEF give you the ability to change white balance, and exposure after the shot. It also does not degrade the quaility of the image by compressing it, also has a smaller file size than TIFF.

Joachim Gerstl said:
I had my doubts but now I´m a believer! For everyone who has no
idea why he should use NEF and nothing but NEF all the time I put
some information and comparisons on my website under:

HOW TO digital.

--
Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

Lou Verruto · Jan 10, 2003

Ok,Ok! You got me thinking about goin from Fine Jpg large to Nef which Iused to shoot. This is OT kind of, but maybe you can help. I reloaded NV4.0.3 and Capture 2. Shot Uncompressed NEF with a D1X. Opened in NV,trasferred to capture and the White Balance option is "grayed out"..can't use it. I can't figure out what I've done wrong, so any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Lou

Joachim Gerstl said:
I had my doubts but now I´m a believer! For everyone who has no
idea why he should use NEF and nothing but NEF all the time I put
some information and comparisons on my website under:

HOW TO digital.

--
Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

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http://www.profotos.com/pros/profiles/index.cfm?member=612

Kathy_in_MD · Jan 10, 2003

Nice site - good photos and good info. Thanks for the inviation.

However.....it sure is hard to read the grey on the black!

f8 and be there.

-=Kathy=-

Joachim Gerstl said:
I had my doubts but now I´m a believer! For everyone who has no
idea why he should use NEF and nothing but NEF all the time I put
some information and comparisons on my website under:

HOW TO digital.

--
Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

Joachim Gerstl · Jan 10, 2003

sorry I use Bibble and can´t help you with your Capture question but I´m sure a lot of the guys here can.

I prefer Bibble for its easy of use and the bold colors.

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Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

Craig Robinson · Jan 10, 2003

Lou, did you click on the red X at the top of the White Balance palette to enable it's functions?

Craig

cjk · Jan 10, 2003

When you experiment a bit with NEFs, there really isn't any question as to which format to shoot in - unless one is severely challenged by disk space/memory at a particular moment.

Your nice site (I agree it's hard to read) gives some good reasons. I would like to add another. Try using Fred Miranda's DRI (Dynamic Range Increase action) http://www.fredmiranda.com/DRI/index.html for a wonderful reason to use NEFs.

This action helps automate a great technique that only requires ONE frame if shot in NEF. Simply adjust the EV for a high and a low exposure, use Fred's action and get simply amazing results! I was constantly bugged by white skies and blown out highlights till I discovered this.

Chris

Joachim Gerstl said:
I had my doubts but now I´m a believer! For everyone who has no
idea why he should use NEF and nothing but NEF all the time I put
some information and comparisons on my website under:

HOW TO digital.

--
Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

--
Chris

Joachim Gerstl · Jan 10, 2003

Thank you very much. If I got you right this thing performs like a ND grade filter and darken the sky to compensate a too high contrast between land and sky in landscape photography. If this would work with a single image this would be amazing. I will try it as soon as a get my creditcard receipt or are there demos available for Fred Mirandas PS plugins?

THANKS!

--
Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

Lou Verruto · Jan 10, 2003

Yes..and it's grayed out too!

Craig Robinson said:
Lou, did you click on the red X at the top of the White Balance
palette to enable it's functions?

Craig

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Joachim Gerstl · Jan 10, 2003

what can I don´t like to change the grey and black design of my website? are there more suitable fonts?

thanks for your suggestions!
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Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

Joachim Gerstl · Jan 10, 2003

Kathy_in_MD said:
Nice site - good photos and good info. Thanks for the inviation.

However.....it sure is hard to read the grey on the black!

f8 and be there.

-=Kathy=-

Thank you! Do you have any suggestion what I can do if I want to stick with my grey/black design. Other font?

Thanks!

--
Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

cjk · Jan 11, 2003

Your understanding is correct.

There are no user demo versionsof the action(s) but it only costs $8.50. There are illustrations on Fred's site.
Chris

Joachim Gerstl said:
Thank you very much. If I got you right this thing performs like a
ND grade filter and darken the sky to compensate a too high
contrast between land and sky in landscape photography. If this
would work with a single image this would be amazing. I will try it
as soon as a get my creditcard receipt or are there demos available
for Fred Mirandas PS plugins?

THANKS!

--
Joachim
http://www.joachimgerstl.com

--
Chris

Pete Biro · Jan 11, 2003

Joachim --- What a treat to see your images from Ireland... when I went there (drove from Dublin, south, then west and loop back to Dublin--for an Irish Coffee at Donohugh's Pub on Lower Baggot St.) I didn't have a DSLR and got "fair resolution" pic's... can't wait to go back with my D100.

Thanks for the look.

As far as the grey text? I don't think switching to white would hurt the feel... altho I didn't mind the grey.

Kenneth Evans · Jan 11, 2003

I didn't have any trouble reading your site. Or have you changed it. It's not as clear as the white on black in dpreview.com, however. If you want to make it easier to read, using a lighter shade of grey would probably do it and still keep your look.

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-Ken
http://pbase.com/kennethevans

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