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<p>[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 5209689, member: 112673"]Thank you jtlee321 for the elaboration and detailed exposure examples, though I don't see new raw shooting benefits in your post I haven't already mentioned in previous messages in this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the misconception here is not about what shooting raw will do for you, which in itself is nothing, but what you can do with it, which is a lot. If you shoot in raw and do nothing with the file but save it as a jpg, it will be of no benefit to you, in fact it will slow your process down. </p><p><br /></p><p>Essentially you can think of it like this; shooting in jpg is like after you take your pictures, you send the files to the photo finishers where they set up the machines print them as per their standard settings and give you the copies. That's where you have to start your editing work from. </p><p><br /></p><p>With Raw files it's like after you take your pictures, you bring the files to the photo lab where you adjust the machines, process the negatives, tweak the colors and print the images you want to see. Of course, this method is much harder.</p><p><br /></p><p>To take advantage of raw means learning what, why and how to process your raw files to get the best image possible. This is not a small learning curve, but a necessary one. You mentioned once that you (and I paraphrase here) "didn't need to use raw just because everyone else does" but there are reasons why every competent photographer shoots in raw. I highly recommend you research this yourself. Read what other photographers, whose work you aspire too, write about the subject.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 5209689, member: 112673"]Thank you jtlee321 for the elaboration and detailed exposure examples, though I don't see new raw shooting benefits in your post I haven't already mentioned in previous messages in this thread. I think the misconception here is not about what shooting raw will do for you, which in itself is nothing, but what you can do with it, which is a lot. If you shoot in raw and do nothing with the file but save it as a jpg, it will be of no benefit to you, in fact it will slow your process down. Essentially you can think of it like this; shooting in jpg is like after you take your pictures, you send the files to the photo finishers where they set up the machines print them as per their standard settings and give you the copies. That's where you have to start your editing work from. With Raw files it's like after you take your pictures, you bring the files to the photo lab where you adjust the machines, process the negatives, tweak the colors and print the images you want to see. Of course, this method is much harder. To take advantage of raw means learning what, why and how to process your raw files to get the best image possible. This is not a small learning curve, but a necessary one. You mentioned once that you (and I paraphrase here) "didn't need to use raw just because everyone else does" but there are reasons why every competent photographer shoots in raw. I highly recommend you research this yourself. Read what other photographers, whose work you aspire too, write about the subject.[/QUOTE]
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