Comments on: The RAW Backlash http://inphotos.org/the-raw-backlash/ no photoshopped images here Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Donncha http://inphotos.org/the-raw-backlash/#comment-2780 Donncha Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:16:43 +0000 http://inphotos.org/the-raw-backlash/#comment-2780 I do post-process photos but life's too short. I'd rather be out there shooting than sitting in front of my PC! I do post-process photos but life’s too short. I’d rather be out there shooting than sitting in front of my PC!

]]> By: Doug http://inphotos.org/the-raw-backlash/#comment-2778 Doug Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:56:53 +0000 http://inphotos.org/the-raw-backlash/#comment-2778 To be clear, I could MAKE the time to postprocess Raw files, but I don't enjoy postprocessing so I seldom do make the time. I never had any desire to set up a darkroom back when I shot film, and as it turns out I don't have any desire to fuss with a digital darkroom, either. It's a matter of personal likes and dislikes. Oh, and I get amused at people who say that it's faster to postprocess Raw than JPEG. That's only true if you postprocess your JPEGs. My goal is to not postprocess. Ideally I could use the Direct Print button on my camera or take my CF card down to Target and get prints without ever turning my computer on. Getting pictures that good "in the camera" requires a set of skills and related experience beyond what it takes to shoot Raw. After a few months of experimenting, I think I'm getting close. At least for outdoor daytime shots. To be clear, I could MAKE the time to postprocess Raw files, but I don’t enjoy postprocessing so I seldom do make the time. I never had any desire to set up a darkroom back when I shot film, and as it turns out I don’t have any desire to fuss with a digital darkroom, either. It’s a matter of personal likes and dislikes.

Oh, and I get amused at people who say that it’s faster to postprocess Raw than JPEG. That’s only true if you postprocess your JPEGs. My goal is to not postprocess. Ideally I could use the Direct Print button on my camera or take my CF card down to Target and get prints without ever turning my computer on.

Getting pictures that good “in the camera” requires a set of skills and related experience beyond what it takes to shoot Raw. After a few months of experimenting, I think I’m getting close. At least for outdoor daytime shots.

]]> By: Gareth Marlow http://inphotos.org/the-raw-backlash/#comment-2761 Gareth Marlow Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:58:08 +0000 http://inphotos.org/the-raw-backlash/#comment-2761 That's a really interesting set of articles. I shot JPEG for about 18 months after I got my 300D, only switching to RAW when I finally got a 1GB CF card and a new external hard disk. I thought I'd try it for a while - and now, I regret the images I shot in JPEG way back when, wishing that I'd shot them all on RAW. Funny how different people's perspectives can be, isn't it? That’s a really interesting set of articles. I shot JPEG for about 18 months after I got my 300D, only switching to RAW when I finally got a 1GB CF card and a new external hard disk. I thought I’d try it for a while – and now, I regret the images I shot in JPEG way back when, wishing that I’d shot them all on RAW. Funny how different people’s perspectives can be, isn’t it?

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