Image recording?

I'm currently recording in both RAW and JPEG, on camera, my logic being that I can have a JPEG folder to keep seperatley from the RAW files, and I can then use the JPEGS for quick viewing before I need to adjust/convert RAW images.

Of course, this is using up card space. Am I being too lazy here, should I maybe just shoot RAW only and convert the folder - especially as space on my storage drive isn't exactly a constraint?

I'm using a 512meg card, while I decide whether to get two 1-gig or a single, bigger card. not really an issue, as I could fit 50 RAWs on it at preasent, although It can be annoying when limited to 30-odd JPEG+RAW.

Any advice? Bin the JPEGS due to lack of flexibility?

Get some 2Gb cards and continue recording in RAW+JPG.

JPG gives you the speed of post processing and having the RAW handy is great if the JPG isn't up to scratch or needs a bit more work than the basics.

I disagree with NordieBoy. With any RAW converter you can batch convert all your RAWs to Jpgs with just a few clicks. If you use Zoombrowser and leave all the settings on "As Shot" they will be identical to camera produced Jpgs. If you use DPP you can have Picture Styles like the newer Canon models. Other converters will create different default results, not neccessarily better or worse, just different. So why shoot RAW + Jpg when two or three clicks and five minutes will give you 50 Jpgs and allow you to shoot more?

Also, if you want the Jpgs in order to quickly review your shots, you should know that each and every RAW contains an embedded Jpg (1024x1536 pixels with the 350D) that is used by many programs for fast viewing and can be extracted for email or web use.
Elie

> Preview Image : (Binary data 1060474 bytes, use -b option to extract)

You do know that there are two JPGs in the CR2 file? The PreviewImage, and a smaller thumbnail as well. It is 2400x1600 odd.

The CR2s from a 5D are 11 MB odd, so that would be 40 odd per card with 512 MB cards. 2GB cards seem to be a good buy at the moment, and 2 per DVD...

I too shoot using the RAW+JPEG mode. It does help that I have about 10 1GB CFs.

Howdy,

Please tell me more about the embedded jpgs in the raw format?

I've got a 350D and would really like to be shooting in Raw + small jpg, but the 350D doesn't offer me that option. If there's a way to get there (quickly and easily) from just a raw image file, so much the better! I'd need to be able to batch extract the smaller jpgs...

Thanks!

Mark

Ooooohhh.
Just found I already have a tool (exiftool) that will extract the JPG from the RAW at 1 second per RAW file.
2 TCL scripts later and I have a JPG stripper in Linux that I can point at a whole RAW folder

Thanks for making me think

Howdy,

Anything for Windows?

Mark

google for "exiftool windows"