300D jpg question

YLS · Oct 10, 2003

I am a 1D/1Ds shooter and I'm going to buy my wife a 300D. I always shoot raw with my equipment and my wife shoots jpg files with her current camera, a D100. I don't know that much about the 300d other than it produces excellent images that are typical of canon and is quite a bargain.

Is it possible to shoot jpg files only without shooting a raw file?

For those that have the 18-55mm lens, what do you think of the image quality?

Do you like your 300D?

Thanks in advance and take great pictures,

DD

ShirleyKat · Oct 10, 2003

Yes, the default is to shoot in the best JPEG format. On average my jpegs have varied from 1.4 MB to 3.9 MB and when opened in Photoshop, they are about 18 MB. You choose between three sizes (X by Y pixels) and between two compression settings. So that makes 6 JPEG choices plus Raw.

Shirley

DDP-YLS said:
Is it possible to shoot jpg files only without shooting a raw file?

YLS · Oct 10, 2003

Have you shot raw and compared them to the jpg? If the jpg files are like the ones from my 1D and 1Ds, they require very little post work and look beautiful. I shoot raw for the additional control in my work but my wife is an artist and uses the images for refference, so jpg files are fine for her.

Phil Wheeler · Oct 10, 2003

DDP-YLS said:
I am a 1D/1Ds shooter and I'm going to buy my wife a 300D. I always
shoot raw with my equipment and my wife shoots jpg files with her
current camera, a D100. I don't know that much about the 300d other
than it produces excellent images that are typical of canon and is
quite a bargain.

Is it possible to shoot jpg files only without shooting a raw file?

YES

YLS said:
For those that have the 18-55mm lens, what do you think of the
image quality?

Quite good.

YLS said:
Do you like your 300D?

Very much!

Phil

Wild-Mike · Oct 10, 2003

YLS said:
For those that have the 18-55mm lens, what do you think of the
image quality?

Actually, quite decent for the price ...and the low weight is a big plus. I normally use the 28 - 135 IS which is heavier.

YLS said:
Do you like your 300D?

Yes, I have had mine just over three weeks now and fall colors are just about full bloom so looking forward to more rewarding use.

--
http://tkis.com/wild-mike/

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer -- Albert Einstein

RATPhoto · Oct 10, 2003

DDP-YLS said:
I am a 1D/1Ds shooter and I'm going to buy my wife a 300D. I always
shoot raw with my equipment and my wife shoots jpg files with her
current camera, a D100. I don't know that much about the 300d other
than it produces excellent images that are typical of canon and is
quite a bargain.

Is it possible to shoot jpg files only without shooting a raw file?

For those that have the 18-55mm lens, what do you think of the
image quality?

Do you like your 300D?

Thanks in advance and take great pictures,

DD

Jpeg is supported with several levels of compression. No raw files are required. You can also set the camera to be more or less agressive about things like sharpening and contrast.

The kit lens is decent once stopped down to around F8. Wide open I consider it a train wreck (CA is terrible wide open). Still in practice, I find it very usable.

--
For a small gallery of 300d pictures, see:
http://ratphoto.home.comcast.net/
They were taken with the EF-S 18-55 kit lens as well as a 70-200 F4L.

Dave Lewis · Oct 10, 2003

DDP-YLS said:
I am a 1D/1Ds shooter and I'm going to buy my wife a 300D. I always
shoot raw with my equipment and my wife shoots jpg files with her
current camera, a D100. I don't know that much about the 300d other
than it produces excellent images that are typical of canon and is
quite a bargain.

Is it possible to shoot jpg files only without shooting a raw file?

For those that have the 18-55mm lens, what do you think of the
image quality?

Do you like your 300D?

Thanks in advance and take great pictures,

DD

Yep on both counts. JPG only and the lens is a definite yep.

You're making a mistake, though. Forget about getting just one of the Rebel D's. Your wife defintely won't let you use it once she has her hands on it and you won't want to use anything else once you give it a try.
--
Dave Lewis

YLS · Oct 11, 2003

Member said:
You're making a mistake, though. Forget about getting just one of
the Rebel D's. Your wife defintely won't let you use it once she
has her hands on it and you won't want to use anything else once
you give it a try.
--

I was afraid of that! ;

Roland Aalto · Oct 11, 2003

DDP-YLS said:
I am a 1D/1Ds shooter and I'm going to buy my wife a 300D. I always
shoot raw with my equipment and my wife shoots jpg files with her
current camera, a D100. I don't know that much about the 300d other
than it produces excellent images that are typical of canon and is
quite a bargain.

Is it possible to shoot jpg files only without shooting a raw file?

Yepp, no problems...

YLS said:
For those that have the 18-55mm lens, what do you think of the
image quality?

Looking a the price it's a perfectly nice lens, since the camera is new to
me I used it during 95% of all my pics...

Take a look at my first test:
http://www.pixdesign.nu/photoaalto/eos300d.htm

YLS said:
Do you like your 300D?

A lot, looking at the price the best one soo far...

YLS said:
Thanks in advance and take great pictures,

DD

--
Roland Aalto / Stockholm

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