Anyone Shoot in Jpeg with our D7100's
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Thank you all for your replies, i was curious and what caused me to ask was - when i had my D90 i decided to give Jpeg a try using the standard profile with medium settings for color, contrast, brightness, sharpness etc, and when i put a pic up on another site i got some great feedback and comments complimenting me on my picture that must have been shot in RAW, from what people said.
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I have been fortunate to be asked by a friend who is a pro selling his photos for thousands to go with him on some shoots. When he asked if I was using Raw or JPEG and I said RAW he told me to go to JPEG only as in his words "until you understand fully how to take a photo dont use RAW as it encourages you not to think and thus to make mistakes that you can alter"
NIKONIAN_DREAMWEAVER
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I shoot both at the same time. I use one card slot for NEF/Raw and the other card for Fine Jpeg. That way I can use the 'color sketch' special effect on any of my photos. The special effects only work on jpg's. But NEF/Raw is the way to go. You get more control in post processing. If you have Nikon Capture software, it will render the NEF's as the camera took them; and then you can take it from there and change things at will...
rocketman122
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A lot of people use raw for the wrong purpose and thats exactly what ur friend is talking about and is very correct. People use raw because it gives them the peace of mind that they can fix theyre bad skills later. Its a safety net. We shoot weddings jpeg and we work hard to get 80-90 of the final image in camera. Thats hard and thats skill. We shoot more but thats to make sure we get the image. The customers demand we get the shot. And sure ive screwed up shots and wished i had it in raw. Mostly its the freakin flash not recycling fast enough and the shot I need isnt flashed. Its the one before or right after. Thats the chance u take when u shoot many shots one after the other.
And u cant do everything in raw. If the image is bad it will look fishy after its processed. Ur friend is right though. Shooting jpeg will force u to get it right in the camera closer to the final image u envisioned at first.
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Whiskeyman
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NEF + JPEG Fine for almost all of my shooting; I can't remember the last time I intentionally shot in JPEG only. However, as said before, there is absolutely no substitute for getting the exposure as close to correct as possible in-camera.
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sonicbuffalo_RIP
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Since I'm no pro....and no time constraints, I shoot in RAW. I don't even play with jpeg anymore. I like the versatility that RAW gives you. It's very dynamic way of shooting. It works for me. If I was shooting hundreds of shots, I would use jpegs.
"d7100 conversion program"????
Never heard of it. Please explain (out of interest only) and where to find it
coolbus18
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Ah yes another neato feature.It's in the retouch menu under, NEF (RAW) Processing also on p.282 of the manual . Push i button on lower left for , Retouch, then NEF processing, then follow menu to adjust how the jpeg version will look, press EXE and voila! It's basic and not fancy but it works and not badly to my aging eyes. Huh, my font changed. I hope that helps'
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Its easy ..if you are shooting a portrait session and need 12 shots then its RAW If you come back from 3 consecutive weddings you will have 4500 shots on the cards so thats JPEG. Most people fail with JPEG because they will not turn the sharpness up to max and if they have sigma lens the contrast too.
Of course you still crop and adjust in Lightroom/Perfectly clear and lock all your camera to the same time with GPS to reduce processing time .
Its what aspect of photography you like ..some love PP some hate it ...
JPEG Basic +9 all the way for me
Of course you still crop and adjust in Lightroom/Perfectly clear and lock all your camera to the same time with GPS to reduce processing time .
Its what aspect of photography you like ..some love PP some hate it ...
JPEG Basic +9 all the way for me