what capture resolution do you use?

[tim]

Does anyone shoot with an image mode/resolution other than large/fine JPG or RAW? Why would you spend so much money on an SLR then cripple the camera?

[Citizensmith]

Does anyone shoot with an image mode/resolution other than large/fine JPG or RAW? Why would you spend so much money on an SLR then cripple the camera?

Absolutely agree. Particularly as flash memory is so damn cheap right now. Seems to be around half the cost it was last summer

[roanjohn]

I used to shoot Medium Fine only..........but now that I got a new computer with a faster processor and a bigger 250 GB hard drive space, I am livin' it up with Large FINE!!! WOOOHOOO!! Maybe I'll even dabble into RAW...............ooohhhh!!!!


Ro1

[pcasciola]

I shoot large/fine JPEG when I need speed, and RAW+Large/fine JPEG when shooting indoors.

[tim]

Why bother with RAW + large/fine? It takes more space and you can make a nice jpg out of the RAW.

[pcasciola]

After downloading a batch to the PC, I can flip through the full size JPEGs quicker than trying to go through the RAWs, select my keepers, and then process just the good ones in PS with ACR 2.3.

[tim]

That's a great idea! It could save me a LOT of time.... cheers! Only downside is it fills the image buffer more quickly. Hopefully it's easy to select with the set button and a custom function.

[Olegis]

I shoot mostly Large/Fine JPEG, and sometimes when the conditions demand (or the picture is worth more post-processing) I use RAW.

[michael.luczkow]

I shoot mostly Large/Fine JPEG, and sometimes when the conditions demand (or the picture is worth more post-processing) I use RAW.
+1

[Eric DeCastro]

i have only been shooting Raw lately, no reason not to.

[Cadwell]

:confused: You mean the cameras can shoot JPEG :eek:

Seriously, though. Always RAW.

[Persian-Rice]

Used to use JPEG, then I saw what I was missing and started shooting RAW

[Anders Östberg]

RAW... gives you so much more latitude in exposure, and control of white balance. I used to shoot JPEGs but saw the light. :)

For those occasions when I don't care all that much I use a P&S camera which is JPEG though.

[Andy_T]

For me it's the other way round ... I only used RAW on my G2, but the quality of the 20D is so good that large/fine JPG is sufficient for my requirements at the moment.

When I have some time, I'll try out RAW, but the BreezeBrowser Version I have at the moment does not really support the 20D, and I'm not willing to use the Canon software that came with the camera.

Best regards,
Andy

[mdr]

It's all about choice what you shoot at the moment. I shoot RAW + Large JPEG (not one of the poll's choices!) most of the time with my 20D, but occasionally I shoot other resolutions, for example, when shooting action photography of widllife (or our lightning fast lurcher), I shoot Large JPEG, as RAW does not give me enough shots in a sequence before lock out, or when I want to sell something on eBay, I shoot Low JPEG as this saves me significant time resing the pictures in PS before uploading to eBay.

[tim]

For people using XP, there's a set of free utilities called "XP Powertoys". One of the toys is a simple jpg resizer - you select your pics in explorer, right click, choose resize, choose from one of four options, then hit go. Simple. You can get 'em herep (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx).

[Jesper]

I always shoot RAW (+ small/coarse JPEG - I wish it were possible to switch off the embedded JPEG completely on the 10D).

I agree, why spend a lot of money on a DSLR and not use it to its full potential?

[Tomasz Dziechciarz]

I shoot large/fine JPEG when I need speed or just at the parties for fun pic, and RAW when shooting, seriuos pic e.g indoors, theatres
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[aam1234]

I agree, why spend a lot of money on a DSLR and not use it to its full potential?

To save time, effort, and space. ;-)

[FlyingPete]

Why bother with RAW + large/fine? It takes more space and you can make a nice jpg out of the RAW.

Yep, when I shoot raw I lower the resoltution of the JPG's for two reasons, first as above space, second so if a descision on a particular image is requried by a client I can copy the JPG's to them at a low res right then and there without further processing, I suppose it is a bit like a polaroid back!

[Lesmac]

I shoot Raw+small jpeg (1DS MKII), I find I can trawl through the jpegs and cherry pick the raw files I'll convert, it's a quick workflow.
I also have a seagate 5GB drive (from a trashed MP3 player), that I can get around 250 of the above combination. My work is mainly landscapes so don't need a fast card, although I have a fast 1GB SD card in the other slot if speed is needed.

Les

http://lesmclean.photoblink.com/

[Scottes]

Always RAW, though I spent a period on RAW+Lg/Fine until Capture One finally supported the 20D.

[lomond]

RAW, RAW, RAW.
And FastStone Image Viewer to view them, picking the best and deleting the rest.
Can't say enough about that image viewer. :D:

[tim]

Re FastStone: once he gets EXIF info from the RAW images to display it'll be even better :)

[mdr]

I still find it quicker to change to low jpeg before shooting, pressing a button and gentle scroll with the tumb, than it is to shoot RAW, process RAW and batch resize using such a utility (which I have by the way).

Why go through the hassle of resizing a batch of pictures if you have absolutely no need for the picture at any higher resolution? Indeed, have any need for the picture at all once the add is on eBay.

I agree you can do everything on the computer, and yes you can use software and utilities smarter (I always try to do so both at work and at home). But irrespective of how easy it is, it's still takes effort and it still got to be done.

I always look at how to minimise my efforts between both the computer and the camera, not just shoot everything RAW and then rely on doing everything with the computer...

[mdr]

RE FastStone, focus point overlay would also be nice :lol: .

[HKFEVER]

Always in Raw.....:lol: :lol:

[Sagar]

I always shoot large/fine, I want to learn about RAW and image processing currently dont have saoftware so cant move on to RAW :(

[mdr]

Didn't you get Canon's Digital Photo Pro on a CD when you bought your camera?

[Movinfr8]

Have used low resolution once, had to post some pics to e-bay, and had no need for hi res.
Norm

[tpinchback]

I shoot Medium when I am taking candits for the paper. Just because they have an old MAC which get bogs down if I put a full res file thru it.

[bootm]

I do the same thing except RAW + the lowest JPG quality. It's about 1-2mb difference for each shot taken, which adds up even though I am using a 2GB card usually. I only use the JPGs to determine which RAW shots to process.

[Tomsk]

Absolutely agree. Particularly as flash memory is so damn cheap right now. Seems to be around half the cost it was last summer

I shoot mostly large/fine on my 300D.

It's not the cost of the memory, but the slow write speed of the camera. Shooting jpegs means the buffer will be cleared quicker.

When I get a 20D, or it's successor it'll be RAW all the time!

[Jon]

I shoot mostly Large/Fine JPEG, and sometimes when the conditions demand (or the picture is worth more post-processing) I use RAW.

Ditto.

[ssim]

There's a format other than RAW. Dang, the things you learn on here.

Seriously, I shot JPG Large for the first few shots when I got my 1DMKII and then realized it. I put it to RAW and haven't changed it since. There have been occasions when I was tempted to switch it over but I just can't bring myself to do it. I love having the flexibility in the CR2 file to make the necessary corrections.

[Persian-Rice]

Just a note, using the excuse that shooting RAW takes too long to proccess is sorta lame. A little effort didn't hurt anyone.

[nat869]

Just a note, using the excuse that shooting RAW takes too long to proccess is sorta lame. A little effort didn't hurt anyone.

I agree, using C1 Pro, you just tag the raw images you want to keep and process them to the size you want. The program keeps all your changes made so if you ever go back, you are still good to process them again.

[Simon Spiers]

Who is that who shoots in low :mad:
Go and buy a compact:lol:

[Eric DeCastro]

even my test shots (like test a flash) will be done in raw.

[FlyingPete]

I agree, using C1 Pro, you just tag the raw images you want to keep and process them to the size you want. The program keeps all your changes made so if you ever go back, you are still good to process them again.

What are the $$$ for C1 Pro? My main hang up with RAW is post processing, esspecially when you have just shot several hundred shots. At the moment I use the JPG's to sort out the keepers, then process what is remaining manually. I have not investigatied batch processing if available on PS CS or DPP.

I enjoy the process of 'processing' RAW images, takes me back to my darkroom time! (but only when I don't have hundreds to do!)

[tim]

I tried C1 Pro, but I found I had more control over things in PS CS. That could be because I read an entire book on PS CS RAW.

[CyberDyneSystems]

A little tip for you RAW+jpeg shooters,..

The Canon .CR2 file has a small (approx 1500 pixel wide for the 8MP cameras) jpeg allready embedded in the image.

If you use the additional jpeg solely for the purpose of quicker previews, and/or for applications where a low res image is sufficient,. you can save a little CF card space by shooting RAW only,.. then using an application that will extract the embedded jpegs,. like BreezeBrowser (don't know if the Canon software will do it) you can have your RAW+jpeg without taking up the card space.

;)

[tim]

I suspect PS CS shows it too, because as soon as you click on a new folder previews show up very quickly. It then chugs away for a while and processes the raw data, and shows higher quality previews.

[BiGEd]

It's also a function of what media the pics are going to be published in. Not much use shooting in RAW (except for WB perhaps) if they are going to end up at a customer's website. At least not if you want to be time efficient (even on a muscular Mac G5 it takes a while to process a RAW). On the other hand, should that customer also want some printed matter there is no use shooting in JPG. So I guess there is more than one "correct" answer to your question (even though it seems that it's a matter of prestige to claim only shooting in RAW).

[tim]

I find some of my favorite shots were taken as quick snaps, so I shoot in RAW to make sure I can always blow it up in high quality, if necessary. RAW processing is pretty slow, espeically in CS, but I like it best of the RAW convertors i've tried.

[KennyG]

What are the $$$ for C1 Pro? My main hang up with RAW is post processing, esspecially when you have just shot several hundred shots.

I can sort and process 1,500 images from RAW to TIF in C1 (never bother with RAW to JPG, that is a total waste of time) in around 2 hours.