between good, fresh film and cheap, old film, but I'd still rather
shoot RAW mode and not need it than vice-versa because I've learned
that sometimes a casual shot becomes a money shot after it's too late
to change your mind.
Exactly. I shoot RAW exclusively for this reason. I've got my
default "workflow" if you will that dumps from the card reader, converts
to med-high JPEG with default WB, EVcomp, and ICC-profile (daylight),
applies USM, copies EXIF data, losslessly compresses (bzip2) and makes the
RAW files read-only (delete-protect) all by issuing the command:
dumpcam -N /mnt/usb/*
I get essentially the equivalent of the camera's JPEG out the
other end... a "default" JPEG. If there are shots that require any
adjustment, I just go back to each RAW file and generate a new JPEG.
In addition to Mark's reason, I would also like to add that
another reason is to protect myself from myself. I always leave the
camera in "best-quality" mode when I'm done. That way if I need to grab
it in a hurry to try to get a shot, I won't be pissed that I left the
thing at ISO 3200, low-quality JPEG, with Sodium-light WB mode from the
last time I was playing around trying to use it for night-vision.
Everyone who never makes mistakes raise their hand.
Thought so. :)
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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