Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"?Speed is also very important to us. We have therefore asked our photographers to skip labor and time consuming processes to get our pictures to our clients faster.?" 'The bulk of the people sending in stuff to Rueters and AP are Rueters and AP photographers who have never shot RAW in their lives but have been hitting deadlines measured in minutes and seconds and sending off their shots moments after taking them usually in a crowd of other photographers all flashing their flashes. They are not shooting for their shots to be enduring, they are not shooting quality work they seem to never have their flash not on their cameras and never seem to turn them off. Its this mornings new flash. I think if this was more about magazine work where your deadline is a week away and its like National Geographic or something of some real enduring quality than this would be way more of a travesty than it is. On 11/19/15 10:16 AM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > I think most of their shooters already use jpeg only just for speed. Some > take both RAW and jpeg - the jpeg to submit and the RAW to work on later > for themselves. Makes sense, but I would never shoot jpeg only. > > Tina > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at > gmail.com> > wrote: > >> < >> >> http://petapixel.com/2015/11/18/reuters-issues-a-worldwide-ban-on-raw-photos/ >> #more-191527 >>> >> >> I thought this was a hoax, but evidently not. It sounds like this decision >> was made by an executive type with no technical knowledge of photography. >> I >> guess dodging and burning are now the enemy of truth. But if >> photographers >> are still allowed to crop and adjust levels, how is it going to stop >> dishonest photoshopping? Is Reuters going to only allow the use of cameras >> that generate JPG checksums, with all cropping and levels editing done in >> camera? >> >> Prepare for a lot of badly-exposed backlit, side-lit and >> sunlight-with-black-shadows pictures, I guess. >> >> --Peter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/