Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand commented: >Sometimes I feel RAW is for us obsessive masochists! (-: Jay, You are probably correct. I sometimes feel like I need to improve the RAW image, just so I can say I contributed to the process. I hate to feel that I am only allowed to present an image that was fashioned by software alone. YMMV Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji XE-1 > Early on, practically all of us who were shooting Fuji X-Pro 1 systems > (Howard, Steve, Gerry, B.D., myself) were shooting in JPG fine because the > output from the Adobe Camera Raw converter tended to smear the colours, > and > Silkypix was/is just unusable. Adobe, however, have got better and better, > and Gerry alerted me a few months ago about an Camera Raw update that had > solved the problem, and I see no problems at all nowadays in shooting RAW > and processing in Lightroom. The whole problem of the X series and RAW > converters is just a myth as of today. I only shoot RAW nowadays... > > I can understand why one would want to shoot only in JPG fine, though, it > simplifies photography a lot, that is, of course, if you are confident > enough of your ability, as well. (-: > > It is hardly surprising that a person who has distilled his likes and > dislikes to the extent that Jim Hughes has, and with his experience, would > choose the simpler option. > > Sometimes I feel RAW is for us obsessive masochists! (-: > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> > wrote: > >> Jim Hughes is the former editor of Camera 35, from which I learned an >> awful lot of what I know. And also Camera Arts. So I suspect he knows >> what >> he's doing. >> >> Here's what I find really interesting. This guy edited two seminal photo >> magazines and wrote books on Gene Smith and Earnst Haas. He edited the >> writing of master craftsmen like David Vestal. So what was his film RF >> gear >> before he went digital? Not a Leica. He prefers a Canon 7 and LTM Canon >> lenses. And he still wants to use those lenses on a modern mirrorless >> camera. He says they see like he sees. Food for thought. >> >> I'm a firm believer in RAW myself. But many users of Olympus E-series >> cameras who have found that the Olympus JPGs are so good that they can't >> do >> any better processing the RAWs. This of course assumes that they've >> gotten >> all the umpteen parameters set just right before they take the shot. >> >> There was not a lot of RAW support for the Fuji X-E1 and X-Pro1 when they >> came out, so some people got used to shooting JPG. It was that or use >> SilkyPix. :-) >> >> --Peter >> >> >> >> > I have the XE-1 on my list, and also noted that. Seems strange that he >> > would settle for an in-camera jpg conversion. >> > >> > Ken >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org >> > [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=c**ox.net <http://cox.net> at >> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bob >> > Adler >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 5:56 PM >> > To: Leica Users Group >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji XE-1 >> > >> > Except he doesn't shoot raw! >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > >> > On Jun 4, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Nice review: >> > > >> > > >> > http://theonlinephotographer.**typepad.com/the_online_** >> photographer/2013/06/fuji-x-**e1-the-keeper.html<http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/06/fuji-x-e1-the-keeper.html> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> >> more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >