zr 800 raw images

i'm thinking of purchasing the zr800. has anyone tried the raw images of this camera?

can you post some samples please?

thanks!

I shot raw for a couple of months, but didn't like the fact that it always produces a jpeg as well.

And in good light, most of the jpegs were as good as the raws (but not always). I have reverted to jpeg now, mostly shooting in P with EV .-7, and it works for me.

DPReview would not download the raw files, so I am sending these. They were converted to jpegs but LR5, with no use of the sliders. The raw files clean up well, though.



















PS, these were all taken at my house in Sooke, BC.--
Rube

rube39 said:

I shot raw for a couple of months, but didn't like the fact that it always produces a jpeg as well.

And in good light, most of the jpegs were as good as the raws (but not always). I have reverted to jpeg now, mostly shooting in P with EV .-7, and it works for me.

DPReview would not download the raw files, so I am sending these. They were converted to jpegs but LR5, with no use of the sliders. The raw files clean up well, though.

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Your ZR800 examples showed a variety of focal lengths, yet the manual says...


Page 90 of ZR800 manual

In another thread I asked about the ZR700 as well which has the same stated "limitation" of available zoom for RAW. I don't understand it. Anyone know why they say that in the manual?

Regards....... Guy

Guy Parsons said:

rube39 said:

I shot raw for a couple of months, but didn't like the fact that it always produces a jpeg as well.

And in good light, most of the jpegs were as good as the raws (but not always). I have reverted to jpeg now, mostly shooting in P with EV .-7, and it works for me.

DPReview would not download the raw files, so I am sending these. They were converted to jpegs but LR5, with no use of the sliders. The raw files clean up well, though.

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Your ZR800 examples showed a variety of focal lengths, yet the manual says...


Page 90 of ZR800 manual

In another thread I asked about the ZR700 as well which has the same stated "limitation" of available zoom for RAW. I don't understand it. Anyone know why they say that in the manual?

Regards....... Guy

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Guy, the manual is wrong. What was trying to say, I believe, is that the raw function starts at 1.3x, but goes all the way to the end of the normal tele range.

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Rube

rube39 said:

rube39 wrote:

Guy, the manual is wrong. What was trying to say, I believe, is that the raw function starts at 1.3x, but goes all the way to the end of the normal tele range.

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Rube

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Thanks, Rube, that must be it as your examples were random lengths.

I'll go back and check my ZR1000 later as it has no such note attached. I have checked it at 300mm equ. so next to check at the wide end to see if it has limits that were not noted. The ZR1000 uses the 24-300mm equivalent lens.

Checked the ZR1000 just now and when in the Best Shot RAW mode it does cover the full range of 24-300mm properly.

Regards...... Guy

thanks for the samples!