Got my new DSLR - Tell me what you think.

Rich, whats the advantage of shooting raw AND jpg at the same time? Would I do myself hard by just shooting in RAW? I'm still deciphering your post, keep in mind, I'm BRAND new. Thanks a lot!
 
230grains said:
Rich, whats the advantage of shooting raw AND jpg at the same time? Would I do myself hard by just shooting in RAW? I'm still deciphering your post, keep in mind, I'm BRAND new. Thanks a lot!
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I hope Rich doesn't mind me chiming in here. If you shoot both it opens up a lot of opportunities for you to process and manipulate your images later from the RAW format. The jpg format lets you do whatever you want with it immediately like e-mail it. You need software that lets you open a RAW pic so look at them in detail before you buy. I only shoot RAW now and don't even use jpg anymore. Have fun.
 
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I like this one, He's got that look like don't you dare touch my Busse!!! :thumbup::D
 
I got one Boss Jack Proto (no choil) home and I can't figure out what type of grind it actually has..? The fuller is misleading. I'd say it is something between double bevel and convex, but more like double bevel. What do you gents think ?
 
Newazzkikr said:
I got one Boss Jack Proto (no choil) home and I can't figure out what type of grind it actually has..? The fuller is misleading. I'd say it is something between double bevel and convex, but more like double bevel. What do you gents think ?
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I think if you take a picture of it with
your DSLR camera in might fit in this thread. ;)

Maybe post a new thread and ask your question there,
I think you may have gotten mixed up.

Click here to start a new thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=713
 
Mike one thing you will want to buy is a Flash like a Nikon SB400, no hurry, but you might want to get one eventually. :)

No need to go crazy and get the expensive ones with all the ball sand whistles like the SB800 and 900 unless you are making a living with your camera.
 
Ank, I would say that becomes a personal preference thing. My wife is a natural light photographer and never uses a flash. She has them, and knows how to use them, but prefers natural light to anything. Just another perspective.
 
oeser said:
Ank, I would say that becomes a personal preference thing. My wife is a natural light photographer and never uses a flash. She has them, and knows how to use them, but prefers natural light to anything. Just another perspective.
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Just depends on what you are shooting. :thumbup:

If one doesn't have Pro lenses (2.8's) and shoots indoors a lot then they will need a flash if they want to stay in the ideal ISO and Aperture ranges . ;)

I don't use mine that much, but they do come in handy. :thumbup:
 
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Just took a couple hundred more pictures today, I'll post a few of them.

Ank, a flash is on my list of things I "need", but I NEED a tripod first. The stock flash on the d5000 is better than a PS, but it's certainly not top quality. It doesn't help that I use the lame energy star bulbs in my house so it's kind of dim.
 
230grains said:
Just took a couple hundred more pictures today, I'll post a few of them.

Ank, a flash is on my list of things I "need", but I NEED a tripod first. The stock flash on the d5000 is better than a PS, but it's certainly not top quality. It doesn't help that I use the lame energy star bulbs in my house so it's kind of dim.
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Yeah, it's just something to get to make life easier in the long run. :thumbup:

I bought a cheap travel Tripod at Wal-Mart for like $10 and it works fine. :thumbup:
 
Ankerson said:
Just depends on what you are shooting. :thumbup:

If one doesn't have Pro lenses (2.8's) and shoots indoors a lot then they will need a flash if they want to stay in the ideal ISO and Aperture ranges . ;)

I don't use mine that much, but they do come in handy. :thumbup:
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Yeah, I guess I'm spoiled byy wives 2.2 and 2.8 lenses.:)



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Mike - If you find you prefer RAW shoot only RAW. It was just an idea for you to compare the different workflows of the two different formats.

Everything I said is just basic ideas for you to experiment with. You will come to have your own style.

Whatever works for you. Lots of people shoot only JPEG and lots of people only RAW.

I would just play around. Does your camera do RAW processing in Camera? What software did you get with the camera?
 
230grains said:
Rich, whats the advantage of shooting raw AND jpg at the same time? Would I do myself hard by just shooting in RAW? I'm still deciphering your post, keep in mind, I'm BRAND new. Thanks a lot!
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raw helps to eliminate the in camera processing, better raw producing camera's take the sensor information and write it directly onto your card with almost no algorithms applied to it beyond the raw header. This means you completely control sharpening, noise reduction, color balancing and pincussion/barrel distortion. The 2 big problems for your average shooter is size of the files, and the extra processing time to convert it to jpeg, gif or png.

Raw becomes very important in three situations, when you expect your image to be viewed at 100%, when you are shooting at higher iso's, and when you absolutely need correct color such as product photography or horticulture cataloging. Being able to control sharpening and noise reduction helps the first two, and being able to control color balancing helps the second two. Once the camera applies an algorithm that removes information it can never be gotten back, it can only be mimicked through post processing.

if you don't have any of those concerns, you might find shooting in jpeg alone is enough. Some manufacturers apply really heavy processing in camera to the point that you almost have to shoot in raw to get consistent results, others show very limited differences between raw and high quality jpeg formats.

The biggest problem for me is processing time and storage space. When I do a music show or a hike where I'm intentionally there to shoot photo's, I'll shoot 400 photos with about 50 really decent keepers and 200 good "photo album" shots. Processing 50 raw files that are 20MB's each is brutal, doing 250 can take all night. If your only intent with your post processing is to post them on forums and show other people, working with 5MB jpegs can cut that time down considerably. If your going to shoot in raw exclusively, it's worth buying a 1tb external hard drive or four to use as storage.
 
"Need Flash, Too Dark" LMAO!

You could also look into fast prime lenses. They can be affordable. :)

I like natural light also. I have two SB-800's but I have not used them in a very long time.
 
Mike - Something else to play with is, "Painting with Light". Get a flashlight and go to town. Artsy results, but it can be fun.
 
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