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Subject: [Leica] M9 reviewers drawn from the "unwashed masses" JPEG &RAW????
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:01:22 -0800
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Hi Richard,
Thank you as I've had a few answers and know why some folks shoot in that 
fashion. And my computer is far from slow as it down loads stuff like it's 
coming off a luanching pad at Mach22! :-)

Thanks for your note.
cheers,
ted


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Man" <richard.lists at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 reviewers drawn from the "unwashed masses" JPEG 
&RAW????


> Dr. Ted, IF your computer is slow, then you may want to shoot RAW+JPG
> so you can see the JPG as soon as you download to your computer.
>
> However, that shouldn't be a problem with any computer made in the
> last, say, 3 years, and if you are shooting a "mere" 10-12 MP camera
> like M8 etc, I'd imagine that even with the 25 MP files from the
> full-framers that LR and other Raw converters can display a JPG rather
> quickly on any of the newer machines.
>
> Or if you are a "bit-head," you can compare the difference between the
> camera produced JPG vs. the PC/Mac Raw converter's output and select
> the ones you like better. That's probably just a waste of time though,
> although, I am 100% sure there there millions of threads on the
> Internet praising the value of doing such a thing.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:39 AM,  <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I have a question back, why in all "common sense," never mind wishy washy 
>> reasons, would one shoot RAW & JPEG at the same time?" I see that as a 
>> complete waste of card space and battery waste. Not to forget it's double 
>> the editing time later? Anyone?
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
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