[LRflex] Re: RAW vs JPEG (was More from Alaska) - slightly OT
- From: "Dr. Puritz" <drpuritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 22:14:56 -0400
Jerry: Appreciate the feed back.
Do you know...or does anyone...if a Raw file will be similar size in PS or
another Raw ( NEF ) file editing program? I have heard from others about
the mega memory that Capture demands....indeed, Nikon Capture is being
replaced with another program. I am not sure if the replacement is as
"memory hungry".
Elliot
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From: "jerry harwood" <jerry.harwood@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 2:22 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: RAW vs JPEG (was More from Alaska) - slightly OT
> Alex; regarding Nikons and RAW- I use a Digilux 2, and a D70; NEF (
> Nikon Electronic Format) is OK to use, and once you have tried it a
> couple of times is fairly straight forward. What you must do, is to set
> your image size that you are going to print to, FIRST, otherwise you
> will end up in total frustration like I did, until I set the size
> first, in the little box to the right of the image screen. Another tip,
> is to open up all the boxes so that you can see what you have got, and
> then eliminate those that you don't need. All you have to do is to drag
> and drop the image onto the Nikon capture screen, and it will open very
> quickly. As to using the RAW mode with the Digilux 2, I just don't
> bother ! But, expect to get ENORMOUS file sizes from the Nikon- a 10X8
> print will finish up as a 90 MB file, so be warned ! regards Jerry
> harwood.
> On 5 Jul 2006, at 23:13, Alex Hurst wrote:
>
>> Elliot wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the great tutoring !!
>>
>>
>> I concur, having just succumbed to a Nikon D200 body myself on the
>> basis that it'll mount almost all of my many MF Nikkors (wildly OT).
>> DY makes the pros of RAW a lot clearer.
>>
>>> Still means that there must be computer
>>> time with Photoshop or another program...I haven't tried RAW on the
>>> Nikon
>>> yet. As you probably know, their RAW files are some sort of
>>> proprietary NEF
>>> files. I know such files can be opened in Nikon Capture and other
>>> programs
>>> that can deal with NEF. One then transfer the files into Photoshop.
>>> One
>>> must be a computer wizard to do certain digital work!
>>>
>>
>> For those seeking ultimate quality, the RAW route certainly makes a
>> lot of sense at the cost of a considerable amount of extra work.
>> OTOH, if your camera can produce a perfectly good 10Mb JPEG, it's
>> unlikely that you'll see much difference in quality up to the size of
>> an A4 print, which is my printer maximum anyway. And for publishing
>> on the Net at 90 dpi, I doubt you could tell the difference between a
>> large JPEG and RAW.
>>
>> It also means that I can import directly into iPhoto (Mac), and make
>> any necessary adjustments in PS - which you can tell iPhoto is your
>> program of choice. There's a lot to be said for working with just a
>> couple of programs you know backwards. I've just started on the task
>> of processing 300 shots from a IIIf and a Nikon F4 from my recent
>> trip to Italy. My semi-digital compromise of telling my processor
>> 'dev and CD' has made this a lot quicker and a great deal easier.
>> Anything really outstanding, I will, of course, scan from the neg.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Alex
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