The size of the LCD on your camera is TINY. You can probably see if the image is grossly out of focus, but I wouldn't expect much more. It's amazing that we get spoiled by the increasing size of LCD screens on the newer cameras, and then when we pick up a starkist, it looks like a postage stamp sized LCD.
Jeffery On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> RAW processing isn't really scary. It just uses files that have not been >> modified by in-camera processing/tweaking. The only thing that is really >> noticeably off is color balance, but the RAW processing software usually has >> the choices that the camera would (auto, tungsten, daylight, shade, etc.) >> that you can choose from a menu, and you can lighten, darken, change >> contrast. When shooting theater productions, I usually don't correct for >> colors as the slightly warm tone of the floodlights is aesthetically >> pleasing. > > Thanks, Jeffrey. It's getting to the point where I need to stop asking > questions and just try it. That said, I really am a novice, relying a lot on > the immediate feedback that digital photography provides to help me become a > better photographer. If I'm shooting raw, what will the images on the lcd > screen tell me about the quality of my images? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.