[Leica] B&W on M8.2...

[csemetko at gmail.com (Craig Semetko)]

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...
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>
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>>>> 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
>