Comments on: a raw element of style

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:49:21 +0000

Clive ….

You should be able to use a white card to determine exposure outdoors as well.

Neil vN

By: Clive Brookes

Clive Brookes — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:29:25 +0000

Well, I’ve been out and about and as you suggested I’m to use manual settings…
I’m getting happier with the TTL flash now…

But on metering, I generally use a grey/white card in my studio…

So why can’t I use the card outside for exposure and WB?

Regards

Clive, in the UK

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:56:02 +0000

I bet those people that say you should shoot in jpeg all the time if you know what you are doing are also the same “elites” that only shoot using “available” light and are anti flash etc.
From my research jpeg shooters use the same amount of memory as raw shooters they just have to take many more frames to compensate for the ones they lose in situations just like your example above.

Seems to me that you know what you are doing just fine!!!!

By: Yoghi

Yoghi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:42:07 +0000

Hi Neil.. see you again.. I’ve been thinking a lot about exploring your flash technique using proper speedlite. Finally I bought an SB-600 and change it into SB-800 a few days later. Sure, it’s really a big difference using 3rd party speedlite versus Nikon’s..

Talking about RAW, yes, I completely agree with you. Last month I got a project to shoot 50-yrs wedding celebration in Padang Style (one of so many cultures in Indonesia). And I found that the lighting was so terrible. You got a very shaded area inside the room, a dim incandescent light on the stage, while the background of the stage is very reflective (dominated by gold and mirror-like accessories).

I’ve tried to use JPEG for several test shot and found it’s hard to get the correct WB due to the background and lighting situation.. Later, I decided to shoot in RAW and corrected it easily in CaptureNX..

So, in summation, I’m a RAW believer too

By: jim brandano

jim brandano — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:04:00 +0000

Hi Neil,
Just wanted to thank you for all the info on here. I have had you bookmarked for 5-8 months and always learn something from your post. Again thanks
Jim

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:15:35 +0000

In a private tutorial session months ago, Neil mentioned to my wife and I that not only does shooting in RAW help the photographer in recovering from badly exposed shots, but it also helps if you want to do some artistic effects. If you want to make the photo “black and white,” it was easy to do it in a RAW editor quickly.

Concerning RAW size, although RAW takes up more space than JPG, there are large-sized memory cards out there. I have an 8GB Compact Flash card, which on my Nikon D200, will store about 480 images. Thus, there is a possibility for losing a lot of photos if the card goes bad.

By: Linda Wang

Linda Wang — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:40:15 +0000

Shooting in raw also limits the number of photos you can take on one flash card, so that if your flash card goes bad, you’ve only lost that small number of photos. The downside is that you need to carry around lots of flash cards, and you need a lot of memory on your computer.

Speaking of carrying lots of flash cards…Neil, I saw you with a nifty looking flash card carrying case at Ken and Amy’s wedding. It looked like a CD carrying case, but with perfect sleeves for flash cards. Where did you get it?

Thanks again for the terrific insights!