Hmmm. So does mine. But it also introduces discussion of raw files
with this heading in the manual: "About the RAW"
I have tended to discount translated Japanese technical manuals as
models of English language usage. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Philippe Amard wrote:
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Except that there is no custom development option that could exercise
>> even a fraction of the control allowed by processing raw files in a raw
>> converter.
>>
>>
> why except? this is what I had thought I was metaphoring :-[
>
>> ps: I think I've asked it here before but I continuously wonder why
>> nearly everyone (but me) writes raw as RAW... as though it's an acronym
>> or file type abbreviation. It's neither, just an adjective.
>>
>>
>>
> Orf?
> ;-)
>
> my camera spells RAW with capitalized letters, so dAWs the Mac, and
> WindAWs also ...
> ph
>
>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Philippe Amard wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In short :
>>> Shooting RAW is more or less like developing the film the way you want
>>> it to be.
>>> Shooting JPEG is asking the first lab or shop round the corner to
>>> process it for you.
>>>
>>> No printing involved here.
>>> Ph
>>>
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Joel's statement about not needing to shoot raw when you have a live
>>>> histogram is correct... but only if your intent is to replicate shooting
>>>> slide film. There are dozens of controls on ACR's conversion screens
>>>> and exposure is but one of them. When processing raw files (basically
>>>> everything I shoot) I probably deliberately set no less than 1/2 dozen
>>>> controls and for some as many as a dozen or more.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps this points to the source of the sometimes quite divergent views
>>>> on shooting raw. Not shooting raw and not having extensive control over
>>>> the development process would be quite constraining for me.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ken Norton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> There is no need to shoot RAW in such a case if exposure
>>>>>> is the primary reason for doing so.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Funny how some of us can manage to shoot slide film and get the exposure
>>>>> right, but the moment we pick up a digital camera--gotta shoot RAW because
>>>>> we can't meter to save our skin.
>>>>>
>>>>> AG
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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