Are you a RAW shooter.

Hackbone · August 8, 2015

Wondered how many folks here are raw shooters and what progam used to convert.

Almost all my work is raw, even sports. I use Capture One to process the images. My reasons are more leeway for exposure error and Capture One seems to have a tad more punch and sharpness to the final image.

jonh68 · August 8, 2015

I shoot RAW for paid work and use Photoshop CC for conversion. Most of my work is at the beach in high contrast situations. Being able to recover highlights and shadows is the main reason for RAW. My clients want beach scenery, not washed out backgrounds. I don't see much difference in post processing time in regards to jpg vs RAW. I upgraded my computer so batch processing is a breeze. Even 200 pictures take around 30 minutes. Speedwise there isn't much of an advantage shooting jpg since I tweak anyway.

However, I shot one session in jpg by accident and was surprised about how good the fuji jpgs are and how much the internal camera processing automatically recovered shadows and highlights. I have much confidence in the fuji jpg processing but I feel I owe clients and myself the most leeway in being able to recover not so perfect exposure. I have recovered shots that looked almost black because I was going from strobed to natural light because kids were doing something cute and I didn't have time to set the camera. Shooting RAW allowed me to recover the shot.

Hackbone · August 8, 2015

Ditto on Fuji color. In the older days of digital I use to use the Fui's S1 and S2 and the color of those files were excellent straight out of camera.

Sam · August 8, 2015

I tried shooting in the RAW but clients objected loudly.

I don't really blame them, my modeling days have long passed.:D

Sam

Hackbone · August 9, 2015

I'm with you there Sam.

divamum · August 9, 2015

Raw + LR. I hate the huge files, but appreciate the greater ability to manipulate in post, artistically as well as technically.

Thelensspot · August 9, 2015

RAW... using LR and PS (CC) for PPing.

MomaZunk · August 9, 2015

Raw...with LR for conversion.

ziggy53 · August 9, 2015

RAW acquisition plus CaptureOne versions 6 and 8 for people stuff; ACR and Photoshop CS4 for any layer work in landscapes.

Occasionally, I'll also use RawTherapee (ver 4.2.208). RT has some very special properties that I like to mix with other image editiors.

michaelglenn · August 9, 2015

I shoot in RAW and sRAW. Then I cull with PhotoMechanic and edit with ACR/Photoshop

Reflections By Brian · August 10, 2015

I shoot RAW with 99 of my edits in Lightroom. It may not be the fastest but it seems to be the most versatile tools for me.

Mitchell · August 10, 2015

Depends what I'm doing.

For portraits with natural light or strobes, I shoot RAW. I do take care to shoot a grey card during the shoot.

During a recent trip to Iceland, I shot RAW. The lighting was so mixed and varied that I didn't want to risk it.

If I shoot several soccer games in a row and the lighting is consistent, I shoot JPEG. It's not unusual to have over 1000 shots to process after a busy soccer weekend. The camera usually gets it right unless I have to move to some strong backlighting late in the day.

I scan through the files in Adobe Bridge and then use Photoshop CC for processing. Three failed attempts for me with Lightroom and I just gave up.

anonymouscuban · August 10, 2015

I shoot RAW and have shot in the raw.

Use LR for conversion.

jmphotocraft · August 10, 2015

Of course. And sports are a huge reason to shoot raw, unless you are printing on-site. Sports are often played in broad daylight, so the extra headroom is useful. Also our town's baseball fields are half in shadow, half in sun. If one can nail all those shots in jpeg, my hat is off to you.

I use Lightroom. A friend whose abilities I respect took Capture One for a 30 day test drive and concluded it wasn't worth the premium over Lightroom.

For ultimate Canon image sharpness though, like for a critical landscape, I use Canon DPP with DLO.

Hackbone · August 15, 2015

If you haven't shot raw give it a try and ask us for some help in the processing. You might be please with how it can be very helpful. Any takers???

DKellyC · August 15, 2015

Hackbone wrote: »

If you haven't shot raw give it a try and ask us for some help in the processing. You might be please with how it can be very helpful. Any takers???

Hackbone,
I have been wanting to try it, but have not as of yet. Had an opportunity today, but shot jpeg instead since I am not familiar with the raw format. Hopefully shortly I will give it a try. I have Photoshop 6, so I should not have a problem reading the files, but I have not used Photoshop yet, it seems pretty complicated.

I will let you know if I need any help.

KellyC

Hackbone · August 15, 2015

Kelly, photoshop will not read raw files unless you download the dng converter. However your camera should have come with a program that will convert the files. There are many programs that you can/ should purchase if you are going to shoot raw and they run the spectrum on pricing. Capture One, LightRoom, Photo Mechanic, ACDSee are just some of them.

Do not shoot a paying job with raw until you have had a good long time playing with it however.

ziggy53 · August 16, 2015

DKellyC wrote: »

Hackbone,
I have been wanting to try it, but have not as of yet. Had an opportunity today, but shot jpeg instead since I am not familiar with the raw format. Hopefully shortly I will give it a try. I have Photoshop 6, so I should not have a problem reading the files, but I have not used Photoshop yet, it seems pretty complicated.

I will let you know if I need any help.

KellyC

Hackbone wrote: »

Kelly, photoshop will not read raw files unless you download the dng converter. However your camera should have come with a program that will convert the files. There are many programs that you can/ should purchase if you are going to shoot raw and they run the spectrum on pricing. Capture One, LightRoom, Photo Mechanic, ACDSee are just some of them.

Do not shoot a paying job with raw until you have had a good long time playing with it however.

Photoshop CS6 (if that's the version user "DKellyC" has) does indeed come with ACR (Adobe Camera RAW converter), and that version ACR can be updated to read digital cameras' RAW files as recent as:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon PowerShot G7 X
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Casio EX-100PRO
Fujifilm X30
Fujifilm X100T
Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver
Leaf Credo 50
Leica D-Lux (Typ 109)
Leica M-P
Leica V-Lux (Typ 114)
Leica X (Typ 113)
Nikon D750
Olympus PEN E-PL7
Olympus STYLUS 1s
Panasonic DMC-CM1
Panasonic DMC-GM1S
Panasonic DMC-GM5
Panasonic DMC-LX100
Pentax K-S1
Pentax QS-1
Samsung NX1
Sony ILCE-5100
Sony ILCE-QX1

Wiren · August 16, 2015

I shoot RAW and use LR... for sports, I use super fine jpeg... even though I try to keep it around 100-150 shots for an entire game (softball mostly) and sometimes don't even get there, it's too many for RAW in my opinion. But certainly for a client photo shoot, I like the flexibility of RAW.

Hackbone · August 16, 2015

Ziggy, thank you for the info on CS6 and ACR. I know several photographers who use ACR exclusively and wanted to try a few of their techniques. I can be very single minded at times and was not aware that ACR was there.

AlexShark · August 16, 2015

My workflow:

1. Lightroom CC for:
RAW to DNG
Catalogue stuff
Import pre-processing
Cropping and other minor perspective/color/grain/contrast adjustments
Essentially I treat Lr as if I was processing film

2. Photoshop CC:
Layers work
Masking and composing
Ps is like processing print

3. Alien Skin Exposure 7
(usually immediately after importing DNG into Ps, on the Background layer, then back to Ps)
This is my 75% color adjustment work and almost 100% B&W conversion

Foques · August 17, 2015

I started shooting RAW years ago when Hackbone, Ziggy and Cuban(I think.. unless it was Diva) sat me down and slapped me silly. For which I am forever grateful.

wave01 · August 17, 2015

I shoot RAW and use apples aperture for my conversion.
Shame that it is no longer supported so may have to go to Lightroom

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AceCo55 · August 18, 2015

Sam wrote: »

I tried shooting in the RAW but clients objected loudly. I don't really blame them, my modeling days have long passed.:D

Sam

Aaaaaarrrrrhhhhh .... what is seen can not be unseen. Damn you Sam, damn you.:jawdrop
A sleepless night for me!!! :cry

Hackbone · August 19, 2015

Any questions about shooting RAW? We all will try to help.

Bilsen · August 20, 2015

Shoot everything in Raw. Use ACR for correction and conversion and then CS6 (local) for final edits.

I like RAW/ACR for a bunch of reasons and, believe it or not, a big one is that I hate the crop tool in CS6. I also like the eventual jpg better than when I shoot in jpg in the camera.

Lastly, even using a gray card/custom WB, I have never been totally happy with Canon colors so I like the ability to make minor WB adjustments in ACR.

NikonsandVstroms · August 20, 2015

RAW + LR CC for most work like events or classes. And for my other work there are additional edits in PS.

gatorbehindlens · August 20, 2015

I shoot RAW and use Lightroom. I like the ability to adjust the white balance and exposure after the fact. My photography is just a hobby, but still find I get much better results that way than taking the JPGs straight off the camera.

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