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Curious as to which file format you all use? Switched back and forth myself, with cameras I've had the option on...sure like the control of RAW in postprocessing but the workflow increases as does hard drive size. Still use Photoshop CS2 which will not read my Canon 5D Mark 2 or the XSi RAW formats. (Adobe wants folks to upgrade to CS4, not worth it to me) I convert the Canon CR2 (RAW files) to DNG (Digital Negative) and open in CS2 ACR with the same control. The RAW to DNG converter and information is available 'FREE' here: http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/ So now I have two huge files, been saving both. My 1TB hard drive with dual backups just grew 100GB this past weekend which is not acceptable. This cannot continue...getting a lot more picky about what I shoot with this in mind. So, I plan to just keep the converted to 'DNG' as original and delete the RAW from the camera until something better comes along, if there is such a thing. Did you know that a lot of camera manufacturers offer DNG as an option. Not Canon or Nikon of course! Anyway, since you all are my professional photography friends I would value your opinion highly. Am I crazy? If I read everything on this site I would surely be: http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/articles/dng/ I don't shoot jpg anymore mainly for white balance control after the fact. Thanks friends, Paul paulsedwick.com

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Page Obenshain

I would like to learn more about this too! I have not been shooting raw but use the highest quality. I am told I should use raw but do I use it alone? or as a combo with another setting?

Posted at Monday, April 27, 2009

Paul Sedwick

Page, RAW does slow down certain cameras but the benefits far outweigh the size and speed by far. The Canon 5D Mark II can store almost as fast as it can shoot with a high speed UDMA card inserted like the 8GB Sandisk Extreme 4 45Mbps I'm now using. I have been shooting the smallest jpg along with the RAW just for fast viewing on the computer. I use Vista (don't like) and it cannot see the CR2 files. I am having no problems deleting the CR2 file after converting to DNG. So the only real possible downside to shooting RAW is the large file size and possible speed issues. My Canon XSi bogs down once the buffer fills even with a high speed video card installed. Love the RAW control!!!

Posted at Saturday, May 02, 2009

Eric

Shooting with Nikons; raw file format (NEF). I open those in Lightroom to edit; export to jpeg when appropriate. Editing raws was super slow with my version of Capture (and Adobe Bridge for that matter), but it's lightning quick with Lightroom. Also a huge time savings when applying adjustments to groups of photos.

Posted at Thursday, July 16, 2009

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Curious as to which file format you all use?

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