Hi Karen,
Please don't take this wrong, but I convert jpg to tiff all the
time and then back to jpg for storage. tiff is huge and with so
many images it slows the transfer of data and takes up large
amounts of storage.
I certainly would rather get the shot than not and this goes for
static work also. I find if I have the time to take many more
shots of something important I just might get and angle or lighting
I wouldn't have had time for otherwise. If it's a static object I
can always go back with my favorite in hand and shoot it again
later in RAW. Of course if I have that much time and latitude I
should have the WB and exposure dead on and won't need RAW anyway.
We have so much more built in latitude with digital it isn't even
funny. I wonder how many of our young shooters could even cope
with film and darkroom work much less slide film of any sort. I'm
curious even they would end up with much of a portfolio at all. I
know the ability to shoot 300+ images without thought to film
costs, developing and processing time has almost liberated me to
experiment while I shoot without fear of loosing anything. Until
buffer times and media storage sizes get far more advanced I'll be
shooting jpg and loving it.
Have a great day!
Howard
I respect your opinion, you knucklehead!
But seriously, my way of doing things has no bearing on anything
that you or anyone else does. If what I do helps you, great.
Otherwise it's nothing more than the way I and a couple of my pro
buddies like to work.
But I'll give you a typical example of an actual shooting session.
I've been hired to get action shots of soccer team X. They are
scheduled to play at 8:00 am. Longish morning shadows, the field
partially in shadow, and a lot of dappled sunlight. The rest of the
field in bright morning sun. Team X is wearing dark forest green or
black jerseys and shorts. Half of the players are black.
Since the camera does not take voice commands, and the manual
controls, either by dial, or menu take time to set and reset, do
you honestly think I could best serve my clients to shoot jpegs?
Now, if I were taking the team portraits, that's certainly another
scenario, and jpeg might be my choice, however, I tend to doubt
that because with all those different skin tones, I may want to go
in and change curves on selected areas.
If someone is paying me to get the shots, I can't afford not to be
safe and backed up in both equipment and technique. Ånd if you I
only have time for the one shot, I'm going to make sure it's RAW.
That way, if I SHOULD make a mistake in judgement, the shot isn't
lost. More, I charge for the digital darkroom time. It's built in
to my fees. And that's why my clients keep coming back, because I
go the extra mile and they always get the quality of photos they
expect. And if they like them so much that they are willing to blow
them up larger than they originally planned (wink, wink) then I can
do that for them with total confidence--I make more on the job
and the client is as happy and proud as my cat with a chipmunk in
its teeth.
But of course I realize that not evey one works the same way or
works under the same constraints as I do. And if you aren't needing
to make huge enlargements of your photos, I can certainly
appreciate the time and energy savings--and don't mind telling you
that I envy your ability to do that.
--
Karen
...but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you
need.
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