jpeg for travel photos?

[peter_n]

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I'm still using Leica M film bodies for b&w, and only use digital for color and convenience. The digital pictures are rarely printed but distributed widely electronically to family and friends. I use jpegs for convenience, to avoid the extensive post-processing that some posters above apparently like. My digicam is a Fuji S5 which is a D200 with a Fuji sensor and it has a well-earned reputation for excellent quality jpegs OOC. They're about 5MB in size and I use a standard PP of +5 saturation, +10 contrast, +25% USM. For great color and convenience, jpeg all the way.

[lars_bergquist]

Which is why I love the "RAW" button on my Pentax. Shoot jpeg for snapshots, but when something comes along that you intend to process further and/or print, just press the button, you get RAW... press again after, back to snapshot/jpeg mode. I wish the M8 had this button too

It's in the 'set' menu. It is no more trouble than changing the ISO. Really!

 

The old man from the Analog Age

[bybrett]

It's in the 'set' menu. It is no more trouble than changing the ISO. Really!

 

The old man from the Analog Age

 

Agree, it's as easy, or save a couple of Profiles.

[3rdtrick]

I have been following this post and debating the issue myself. I just got back from a long weekend trip and I used DNG all the way. Had thought about using both but after downloading lLightroom, I am finding that the DNG files are just as easy to process and the possibilities are much better. My vacation trips are when I enjoy my photography hobby and most of my keepers are from my vacation travels. Also, when I am travelling I often run into all kinds of light variations that I am unable to account for at the taking. These are much easier to correct in DNG with Lightroom. I will be using DNG for everything from now on.

Pete

[thinkfloyd]

It's in the 'set' menu. It is no more trouble than changing the ISO. Really!

 

The old man from the Analog Age

 

Hmm, well yeah, but I find the Pentax easier since I don't need to take my eye off the viewfinder... but I guess the M8 is still pretty quick for changing to RAW...

[glacierparkmagazine]

Why not shoot both at once?

 

With my M9, I set the jpgs for high saturation and contrast and they usually are sweet, straight from the camera, with no or little post-processing.

 

But the RAW file makes a handy backup, usually has greater dynamic range, and is always better at high ISOs.

[Samir Jahjah]

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Do most of you use jpegs for travel photos (to avoid time intensive RAW processing) or do you stick with RAW? Thanks in advance.

 

I always shoot RAW + JPEG Fine, in B&W, Standard Contrast and Sharpness. And I must say that more and more I am just happy with the B&W Jpeg...with a minimum of contrast and brightness adjustment.

 

I have also tried to replicate, from the RAW, the B&W Jpeg, using lightroom...to no avail: there is something I like a lot about how the in-camera B&W JPEG is done.

[tobey bilek]

I fail to see why raw conversion is time consuming. Do some presets or change defaults in ACR and synchronise a whole bunch at one time.

 

If the photo is not exposed correctly, ACR is the best place to repair it and you left the option open.

 

Further if you export JPEG, to make a small print you have to open, change size, and recompress it again. Somewhere it happens, either you ar the photo processor. If you do it yourself, you have control. If you want an 8x10, make the proper crop at that time instead of letting a machine decide.

 

If you will not process files, I think you should just use film and turn it over to someone because it is exactly the same thing.

[MikeMyers]

I fail to see why raw conversion is time consuming. Do some presets or change defaults in ACR and synchronise a whole bunch at one time.....Further if you export JPEG, to make a small print you have to open, change size, and recompress it again. Somewhere it happens, either you ar the photo processor. If you do it yourself, you have control. ......If you will not process files, I think you should just use film and turn it over to someone because it is exactly the same thing.

 

That might be correct for some people, but not all. If you're really limited for time, the fastest thing going is to simply download the jpg images to your laptop, then open in Windows, and select "email". Microsoft will automatically reduce the image size and do everything else.

 

It's not the best way to get the best photos, but if you've got limited time and just want to mail off some of your vacation photos in a hurry, jpg images can be the simplest - not to mention you can take the card out of your camera at almost any digital photo shop, and tell them to make quick one-hour prints. The 'jpg' images are still the easiest to deal with if you're in a hurry (yes, at the expense of quality).

 

I suppose using the Leica to take snapshots is sort of like driving your Rolls Royce or Ferrari to the local supermarket for food shopping, but you use what you've got......

[sm23221]

I have also tried to replicate, from the RAW, the B&W Jpeg, using lightroom...to no avail: there is something I like a lot about how the in-camera B&W JPEG is done.

 

I have to agree with this. The only thing that comes close is Nik.

[abrewer]

Large jpegs are usually all one needs for personal and travel shots

 

I've got two very nice prints 20 x 30 in the living room now from large jpegs that I shot while out one afternoon last week when the weather was pretty

 

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