On 10/06/06 12:28 PM, "John Francis", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The K10D has the capability to produce a JPEG file (in camera) from > a shot originally exposed as a RAW image - kind of like a RAW+JPEG > exposure, but with the JPEG being created at a later time. > > In the (mostly Japanese) text alongside the image the line that > identifies the firmware as V1.00 also includes the characters "RAW" > together with some ideograms - I'd guess this says "in-camera RAW". > > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:21:50AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> Hi Ken, >> >> I don't understand your comment about "in camera raw processing." These >> pics are JPEG's, and the two that I dl'd last night had no EXIF info (that >> I could find). So where does raw fit into all this? >> >> The pic of the old man looked pretty good on my screen. Bokeh of the 70mm >> looked ok as well. >> >> Shel >> Sorry, Shel. While I was out, people gave you answers :-). Re John's comment, I forgot that the link was in Japanese. Yes, it does say "in-camera RAW". What I liked about those samples which I suppose were the same as the UK ones, they look very natural, colour fidelity is very good, of course the resolution is good too (girl's hair), but not too crisp, crisp. Also the data shows that images parameters (saturation, sharpness and contrast) are all set at "standard" , resolution "super fine" and the setting at "natural" except for the sample 1 & 3, all with no exposure compensation. For the guy like me, who rather use more jpeg over RAW (80 to 20, or perhaps 75 to 25), this as well as RAW+jpeg, is a God send. I like to print as many as possible particularly for those family snap shots etc which my family refused to see it on a monitor alone. For those, I simply go to local lab. When I know I want to post process, I shoot RAW. Otherwise, I cull too many shots. Also, by properly setting for jpeg, I can still feel the thrill of shooting of film (you "think" and fiddle with all parameters at the time of the shooting, rather than leaving everything for the post processing, sitting in front of computer). Magazine photog and other pros definitely need to shoot in RAW, but let me enjoy the thrill of jpeg :-). Not that I have any doubt on Pentax's ability to produce superb high ISO images, I will place an order immediately after seeing the sample of good high ISO. For usual snap shots and family record etc, I might even buy a K100D too, budget permitting. So far, so good. I feel very confident in Pentax's ability in designing the image processing engine. Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
