I should do that. I end up just buying big cards and shooting JPEG + RAW. And just to encourage the hyperbole, do folks really think that JPEGS out of the K5 are really no better than the JPEGS out of a P&S? I ask because I have the infamous friend looking at a camera right now. She actually does care about image quality (mostly sharpness) but hates to carry the K10D she bought a few years ago. She ends up using a Nikon compact. I've been letting her sample the results from my m43 cameras. One reason I aim her at Olympus is that they seem to have really good JPEG engines since she will never do use RAW.
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> > >If I cared so little about my photos that I wanted to shoot JPEGs, >> I >> > wouldn't spend the money on a DSLR. >> > >> > That's probably overstating things (a bit). >> >> Maybe a bit, but without a little hyperbole, where's the fun? >> >> > It depends upon the purpose of your photos. I didn't want to have to >> > spend computer time downsizing for some equipment-for-sale photos, so >> > I (today) set my K-x to shoot JPEGs at the LOWEST quality settings. >> > I'm still glad to have a DSLR, be able to stick a SMC Takumar 50mm f4 >> > macro on it, see though the viewfinder for manually focusing (with >> > in-focus confirmation beep), have Image Stabilization, etc. >> > >> > I guess I'm realistic to know that each time I push the shutter >> button >> > it isn't to create a masterpiece, but it's nice to have the options >> > for just-about-anything at your disposal. >> >> There is some truth in that. However, if an unexpected opportunity >> for a great shot comes up, and I have just moments to grab my camera >> and take the shot, I want the default to be what will give me the most >> opportunity to catch the great shot, rather than merely a pretty good >> picture of an amazing view. > > Indeed. And there isn't necessarily any additional work involved in shooting > JPEG. If you shoot raw and use something like Lightroom you can set > Lightroom up so that it applies presets during the import which will produce > something like you'd get from shooting JPEG, while retaining the raw data so > you can go back and do some editing if you have accidentally shot a > masterpiece. > > B > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
