Raw and simultaneous JPEG Quality

[RbnDave]

When shooting in RAW mode, what should I set the JPEG quality to for simultaneous capture? Since I'll be capturing the image RAW why should I waste the extra memory on a large JPEG file? Could I have any problems if I set the JPEG to lowest quality?

Someone gave me advice about this subject in my last thread. Sorry to repeat myself, but I want some more opinions before I leave on my vacation.

Also, I took my first 10D raw shots this afternoon. Other than the slow canon software, everything worked great.

Thanks once again,

Dave

[kafene]

rbndave wrote:
When shooting in RAW mode, what should I set the JPEG quality to for simultaneous capture? Since I'll be capturing the image RAW why should I waste the extra memory on a large JPEG file? Could I have any problems if I set the JPEG to lowest quality?

Someone gave me advice about this subject in my last thread. Sorry to repeat myself, but I want some more opinions before I leave on my vacation.

Also, I took my first 10D raw shots this afternoon. Other than the slow canon software, everything worked great.

Thanks once again,

Dave


rbndave,

If you're going to shoot in Raw anyways, why even worry about jpeg size? I have mine set to the smallest as to take up the least amount of space (can I even turn off simultaneous jpeg altogether? If so, please tell me). If I shoot jpeg, than I set it to jpeg and pick the quality I want w/ the help of the custom functions key. If I KNOW I want Raw, I don't want any jpeg at all. My brother also has a 10D and he swears on Raw format and shoots in nothing but. I on the other hand pick and choose what shots I need in Raw.

kafene.

[mjordan]

The embedded jpeg is actually good for a number of things. At least for some of us.

When I do some of my event photography, I might take 1400 or more raw pictures in a day (No, I don't have that many CF cards. I take a laptop although I just got an Image Tank G2 to carry with me so I don't have to keep going back to my van). Almost all of these are going to go up on a web site pretty quickly and it's faster to extract the jpeg and run those files through my gallery maker than process the raw and run them through the gallery software.

Also, I now register almost all of my images (the good, bad and ugly) with the copyright office. I can extract the jpegs (or use the ones I've already extracted), burn them to CD, fill out the VA form and it's ready to be sent in.

I have jpegs set for medium quality on my 10D and that seems to work out ok. If having the option to turn off embedded jpegs would speed up writting out of the buffer, then I'd like to have that option sometimes as well.

Mike

[yenoram]

[quote]mjordan wrote:

Almost all of these are going to go up on a web site pretty quickly and it's faster to extract the jpeg and run those files through my gallery maker than process the raw and run them through the gallery software.

Hi Mike:

Call me daft but can you fill me in on the "gallery software" you refer to? I'm looking for something that can quickly prepare a slide show.

Thanks

Jim

[mjordan]

I use Express Thumbnail Creater to create the web gallery pages. It's pretty easy and quick, which is what I need to get my images up on the web for others to see.

It doesn't do a slide show though. I've seen mention a number of them that will but I can't recall their names. Do a google search on digital slide show or CD slide show. I know a lot of wedding photographers use software to do this.

Mike