Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Ted, Thanks for the edification! Sounds like Tina had to do some arm twisting but you eventually saw the light--and the difference in the files! I will start shooting my M8.2 in DNG. Now to figure out how to manipulate the files in Aperture...:) Thanks again for the input, everyone. Cheers, Craig On May 7, 2009, at 10:36 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > Craig Semetko offered: > Subject: [Leica] B&W on M8.2... > > > >>>> It's curious, though, as I have a couple friends who are pretty > accomplished professional > > photographers who don't bother with RAW as they say it is extra work > > for little or no discernible difference from jpegs. Obviously that is > > not the consensus of the group here--I will give DNG a try.<<<<<< > > > > Hi Craig, > > A note from experience. :-) > > When I started digital and shot only in JPEG I thought everything was > fantastic. However Tina was on my case about shooting in RAW. I > tried it and > stopped several times. However thanks to our Lady of the LUG, Tina > finally > convinced me to work only in RAW or DNG format! There isn't any > question, > you can and will produce far better final images than you ever could > in > JPEG. > > > > Best thing? You'll always or should have the original image you > shot just > as though it were an original film negative or slide. > > > > Yep I don't doubt for one second your "professional photographer" > acquaintances will poo-poo this. However that's their choice of > course. > Unfortunately I did that every time she got on my case. That was > until I > learned that if one is a pro and producing income earning > photography you > need to work in RAW or DNG. > > > > And that .. who don't bother with RAW as they say it is extra work for > little or no discernible difference from jpegs.<<< > > They're wrong!!! Oh and just in case they might think I'm one of the > amateurs out here in never never land? I've been a professional > photographer > for 60 years and still am. And still learning every day! That little > bit > just in case their rebuttal might be different. :-) :-) > > > > Cheers, > > ted >