Bo_Lorentzen Posted December 29, 2009 Share #21 Posted December 29, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) digitalfx, I agree entirely, raw have wonderful features. At work I have found two main directions. A. we are looking for one defining frame and am willing to post it to perfection even on a great shot. B. need one or more frames just now for email asap. today bandwith is better, but years ago emailing a raw were kind of science fiction and if you had that kind of bandwith in this case one would probably send more images. We used to shoot neg and slides, sometimes a blad or 4x5 with negative, sometimes chrome in a M, depends what you are doing. Im just saying, shooting JPG is entirely valid, and compares best to a chrome, expose right and finish in camera, because you can't massage the shadows as much later. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 29, 2009 Posted December 29, 2009 Hi Bo_Lorentzen, Take a look here B&W Jpegs. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ampguy Posted December 29, 2009 Share #22 Posted December 29, 2009 Thanks, Yes, I also saw the banding in those, but am not worried. A firmware fix would be nice, but I can't see it worth the trouble of sending the camera back. For me, have only seen a few times at ISO 2500, and way underexposed - not where I'm normally shooting at. I like the tones and at least at this size I also like the way the noise looks - you get an almost film-like black-and-white quality this way. However, in some of these photos (e.g. 82 to 84) there's the obvious banding again. As I already said, if it weren't for this problem, I'd shoot a lot more at ISO 1250 or 2500. Let's hope the firmware update solves this. As for the original question, I generally like the idea of shooting JPGs with digital cameras. I still shoot film most of the time, and my personal take is that shooting JPGs feels more "honest". Like with film, I make my decisions (black-and-white or not, ISO, exposure) before I take the photo. If I didn't succeed, so be it. (This is assuming that the quality of the JPGs is good enough - which is the case for me on the M8, at least for black-and-white.) IMHO, YMMV, ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiukuic5609 Posted December 29, 2009 Share #23 Posted December 29, 2009 I actually like the look of JPEGs straight out of the camera (M8) at ISO 1250. I have my profiles setup to that the default settings is DNG, and profile 2 is B&W ISO 1250 JPEG Fine, this way I can just quickly switch in and out in lower light. I just snapped this wine still life this evening, if you are careful about proper exposure, you can get really high quality ISO 1250 B&W Jpegs... Bigger version on my blog along with other M8 samples and leica lens reviews: Pic of the Day: Termes Wine � Daniel Valente Photography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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