Olaf
JPEG is an Oly-techs' interpretation of the data collected by the sensor
(mind you, I'm not syaing it is bad at all, but it is averaged to a
variety of users and situations and not necessarily adapted to your
specific needs).
RAW, or ORF in Olygloss, is more or less what the sensor has recorded,
plain vanilla, not additives. Then, from this score, the interpretation
is yours.
As stated by others (Hi Jim !) you can adjust many parameters. Much more
than with JPEGs. And to a certain extent, it doesn't show, well at least
not as much as when you start from a JPEG.
My wife has got an E400 and an E510, it has taken me a loooong time to
get her to shoot .orf along with jpegs. She thought she was gaining
space; but was in fact losing data and details ...
My own cam does not record RAW only, but RAW+JPEG, so when I download my
takes, I immediately dump the JPEGs as they waste disk space.
Then I start having fun with the "negs" in LR (could be CSx too).
If you have ever enjoyed the pleasure of the darkroom experience, then
dotorf is for you.
Else , set the WB for a particular shoot, and forget about it all.
Hope this gives you a clearer idea of what the stakes are.
Phx
Olaf Greve wrote:
>Hi C.H. and Philippe,
>
>
>Thanks for your aswers!
>It looks like when shooting in JPEG WB balance setting is required for
>each situation then... All clear.
>One thing I'm wondering about, however, is the RAW format. I had never
>looked into it and thought it would be just a lossless format, such as
>TIFF, however, the remarks from the both of you suggest there are more
>advantages, like not having to set the WB???
>Can you (or anyone else) give a quick run-down on the format and its
>advantages? I'm getting curious to this...:)
>
>
>Thx and cheers!
>Olafo
>
>On 30 Sep 2009, at 16:59, "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Olaf, if you don't like RAW then the only way is to set color temp.
>>before
>>shooting. For flash just use "Flash" or "Daylight" WB. For outdoor,
>>bring a
>>grey card, lock the white balance by using "One-touch white balance"
>>at page
>>85 of E500 PDF manual.
>>
>>C.H.Ling
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Olaf Greve"
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Philippe,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sounds like JPEG to me, do you also shoot RAW?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Nope, I shoot in (the) high(est?) quality JPEG, never RAW.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>If so, this is kind of non-issue - get the WB dropper (in PS or LR)
>>>>where you think the white should be, that's it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Ehmmm, I don't think I get it... With 'PS' I guess you mean
>>>PhotoShop?
>>>If so, wouldn't that just give me an indication of the WB mismatch in
>>>that particular picture, or will it give me information that can be
>>>used
>>>to make global adjustments in the camera in order to compensate for
>>>the
>>>mismatch?
>>>
>>>What I'm trying to prevent, is to have to do this as post-processing
>>>step for each picture, and instead try to figure out a global camera
>>>setting that alleviates these issues as much as possible...
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Olafo
>>>--
>>>
>>>
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