Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > Ok guys, yeah: some cameras do some kind of processing on the files > prior to RAW format output. But what the hell does that matter to a > user of a particular camera? You can't do anything about it at all ... > A RAW format file is as "untouched data from the sensor" as you can get > from any camera, and no change in user settings like ISO, Contrast, > Sharpening, Saturation, and Color Balance is going to change what a > camera manufacturer does in a RAW format file. > > I was trying to help Ann's understanding, not add yet more complexity > to the discussion. Sheesh. > > People on this list just love to pick everything apart on nitpicky > details that make not one iota of difference to anyone. There's a lot > of stuff about computers and operating systems, and digital cameras and > film cameras, that no user/photographer needs to know at all. > > Godfrey
:) :) And my motto is if you don't use it you don't need to know it :) Thanks Godrey -- You did explain it very well ann > > On May 18, 2005, at 10:47 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > > > That's definitely true for the Nikon D2X. I didn't know > > of any Canons that had been confirmed to pre-process, > > although there have been suggestions that the "lossless" > > compression used in some RAW files isn't actually ... > > > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:57:35PM -0400, Herb Chong wrote: > >> not true on some Canon cameras. some processing happens anyway based > >> on > >> camera settings before the RAW file is written. > >> > >> Herb.... > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:50 PM > >> Subject: Re: Raw > >> > >> > >>> If you want to use RAW format, working the camera becomes much > >>> simpler ... > >>> NONE of the image processing settings you make do anything other than > >>> setting up some data that the post-processing software can use as a > >>> default. The only important settings are the sensitivity, aperture > >>> and > >>> shutter speed, just like with film. You need to learn the sensor's > >>> exposure response, that's all, and focus of course.
