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Interested to see peoples preferences. When shooting motorsport what do you shoot raw or jpeg. When i shoot i use raw from the angle of if i get the exposure wrong for instance i know i can change it later. I'm talking about taking pics for pleasure now, not taking pics to sell on. Although i'd be interested in hearing the pros opinion.:thumbs:
 
Not in the right section, but I ALWAYS shoot RAW no matter what it is, or for.

Mark:)
 
Thanks for the reply markjayne, i'm the same.
Mods move the thread if needed, but i put it here to specifically ask the motorsport togs opinion. Although i can appreciate that the question could be put in the talk photography forum and be open to one and all.
Thanks
 
you should have put that in your first post regarding motorsport togs.
as it just reads like a general question.

but without a doubt RAW is always best.
unless you have small cards... or shooing on a 5D Mark II (takes up alot of space!)

I filled up a 8GB card with only a few RAW shots and couple videos.
make sure it's on RAW if you know you need to edit it later, if you dont... up to you.

But any photographer will tell you. Raw is always best :)
 
The only downside of raw in the past was the time the files took to write to the card, but I can't say I've noticed the D300 being slow in that respect. I'd never, ever try and shoot motorsport with the S5 though :bonk:
 
RAW all the time!

Paul
 
RAW all the time. I even modded my Z2 to shoot RAW over a year ago
 
JPEG. Processing 2000 or more RAW images just takes up too much time
 
dod said:
JPEG. Processing 2000 or more RAW images just takes up too much time
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Are you implying that you have 2000 keepers every time you have a 'session'?
If not, it's very easy to extract the embedded jpegs from your raw shots (dcraw and a batch script do the job well or some other tool, there are GUIs for dcraw as well) and sort the junk that way. Or you could use Irfan View, which happens to show you those jpegs instead of temporarily converting raw files unless you want it to.
 
fabs said:
Are you happy with the images as they come out of the camera? I have to say I spend no more time on a raw file than I would on a jpeg.
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If not it gets deleted straight away. Can't be bothered trying to rescue images.

Slapo said:
Are you implying that you have 2000 keepers every time you have a 'session'?
If not, it's very easy to extract the embedded jpegs from your raw shots (dcraw and a batch script do the job well or some other tool, there are GUIs for dcraw as well) and sort the junk that way. Or you could use Irfan View, which happens to show you those jpegs instead of temporarily converting raw files unless you want it to.
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I'm not implying, but what I would choose to show here and what I would put out for the guys are two different things :p I've got the processing down now to being able to get that 2000 off the cards and onto the webby in a couple of evenings at most, more often it's next day.

We've had this conversation before but if you're getting it right in camera, most of the time, I just don't see the point of shooting in RAW. It's not a space issue either, I've got about 50GB of cards :shrug:
 
dod said:
We've had this conversation before but if you're getting it right in camera, most of the time, I just don't see the point of shooting in RAW.
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But is it a case of getting it right in camera or a case of hoping the camera gets it right when IT creates the jpeg? I just prefer to create the jpeg myself, I honestly think the final image looks better for it (IMHO of course).
 
I used to shoot 100% Jpeg then moved to 100% RAW, now it's a case of shooting what is appropriate at the time. I certainly do a lot of RAW but for sports etc I will opt for Jpeg.
 
Depends what I'm shooting.
If I'm at an Equestrian event which I do most of & I'm shooting 1000+ images per day, then jpeg, because of the time aspect, RAW just isn't practical all the time.
For pleasure, or any job with fewer images then yes RAW always.
 
fabs said:
But is it a case of getting it right in camera or a case of hoping the camera gets it right when IT creates the jpeg? I just prefer to create the jpeg myself, I honestly think the final image looks better for it (IMHO of course).
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Different strokes for different folks :)

Just as a matter of interest here's two, taken at the same event, one hapens to be RAW and the other jpeg. Both resized straight from the camera which is set up for jpeg at 0 for everything, contrast, sharpening etc (I think anyway). I can't tell the difference :shrug:

test11.jpg


test22.jpg
 
Im currently shooting jpeg and raw so that I have a copy I can put up straight away but still have the raw to mess about with.

Is it possible to do a batch conversion from raw to jpg using Adobe bridge or photoshop?
 
kopite said:
Is it possible to do a batch conversion from raw to jpg using Adobe bridge or photoshop?
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I would also like to know this as i've never done batch conversions, also i'm not quite sure how it works :shrug:
 
To me its a bit like saying I have some Fujichrom 50 but I will shoot some cheap woolies negative film instead. I shoot RAW and Jpeg at the same time so can use either to fit in with what I need at the time. I don't always work from the RAW but I know I have it there if it is needed. If that makes any sense..:thumbs:
 
Are you guys all shooting motorsports?
 
dod said:
Are you guys all shooting motorsports?
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Thanks to all that have taken the time to answer.:thumbs: I think that its a 75%+ towards raw in general.
But i was targetting the motorsport togs specifically, and that seems a bit closer split. As i filled 7GB of raw on the last rally i attended and was happy with the exposure on 90%+ of the shots,didn't have much to do processing wise. I was going to shoot jpeg tomorrow letting the camera decide the processing and see if it was worse,better or even the same! Obviously the weather will have a part to play, light wise. And i am going to be in a forest not on a track, so i'll have to see.
Thanks.
 
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