-=JPG JULY DISCUSSION THREAD=-

Hi guys.

This is the discussion group for the guys who have taken the plunge and joined the JPG JULY initiative (where habitual RAW shooters have decided to shoot JPG for a month).

This thread is for discussion of your findings/questions as you run through the month.

What are you finding, what are you missing, how are you adjusting to working a slightly different way.

Discuss.

The link from the picture thread is repaired.

I'm suffering psycological problems from swapping to jpg. It looks as though my shots aren't as sharp as the raw files were looking in lightroom.

It's an insane thought, so I'm ignoring it and blaming the idiot using the camera.

RAW withdrawal....don't worry...we will walk you through it.

ROFLMAO, all the discussion is over there in the post your pic's part of the thread, come on guys, fix it.:p

Why would anyone want to switch to JPG...Doing that would be like sitting in a torture chamber.

Swift1 wrote in post #5844504
Why would anyone want to switch to JPG...Doing that would be like sitting in a torture chamber.

My sentiments precisely - only get about 6-8% of th4e functionality possible with my camera - you MUST be joking. In my humble opinion, a total waste of time.

I find shooting jpegs keep the photographer (me) more keen on the situation, like slide film did in the film days. Paying more attention to proper white balance, color settings in camera to match the look you want to achieve. Proper exposure which becomes easier when doing correct metering.......

Getting the camera to produce what you want is possible and its how I try

John_B wrote in post #5844625
I find shooting jpegs keep the photographer (me) more keen on the situation, like slide film did in the film days. Paying more attention to proper white balance, color settings in camera to match the look you want to achieve. Proper exposure which becomes easier when doing correct metering.......

Getting the camera to produce what you want is possible and its how I try

BING! BING! BING! We have a winner...

This is exactly the whole purpose of the exercise. I'm going to give it a try, but I'm going to shoot in RAW+JPEG so I have both available. Besides, I just got the 40D after shooting with a 20D for the last four years, so I'm interested to see what Picture Styles do to the JPEGs.

John_B wrote in post #5844625
I find shooting jpegs keep the photographer (me) more keen on the situation, like slide film did in the film days. Paying more attention to proper white balance, color settings in camera to match the look you want to achieve. Proper exposure which becomes easier when doing correct metering.......

Getting the camera to produce what you want is possible and its how I try

I think that that is a good practice for any photographer, whether you shoot in raw or jpeg.

For me, I try to achieve that, but won't limit my possibilities of repair (or just plain fun) in post processing by shooting solely jpeg.

You guys are crazy. lol.

JWright wrote in post #5844783
BING! BING! BING! We have a winner....

JWright,
Nice and according to puddlepirate44

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #5844292
If you do, Woolburr will buy you a year's worth of gas for your car. Honest.

<-- click to see With high gas prices it adds up to a nice win

Swift1 wrote in post #5844504
Why would anyone want to switch to JPG...Doing that would be like sitting in a torture chamber.

Analog6 wrote in post #5844575
My sentiments precisely - only get about 6-8% of th4e functionality possible with my camera - you MUST be joking. In my humble opinion, a total waste of time.

Sounds like you're scared. Aren't you confident enough of your photography skills to abandon the post-processing power of Raw even for one challenge?

I made myself extremely unpopular recently by expressing these views, but they haven't changed one bit. I'm not dissing Raw - it is a wonderfully powerful format, and offers all sorts of advantages, especially for professional use.

But in circumstances where lighting is good, I can't think of many reasons why a competent photographer shouldn't be able to get a perfectly good shot in jpeg.

I only give up things that are harmful to me or have some sort of down side. I haven't found a down side to RAW yet.

Are you finding that you are chimping more shooting JPG?