Marc_C
Active member
Now that I have a camera* that can save in multiple formats, I'm curious what others are doing. Do you just shoot JPEG, just RAW, or save both? Regarding JPEG: normal, medium, or fine (ie: increasing in lossless-ness but increasing file size).
Yes, I know the heuristics:
save at the highest resolution since you can't add pixels after the fact
don't bother with RAW unless you're really going to explore what you can do with RAW - which adds the question: what is your intended use of the images? Amateur? Web viewing only? Prints? Small vs big vs huge? What if you have no idea what you eventually might do with a given image?
And a slew of others......
With Sandisk 32G type 10 cards at sub-$40 and 64G ~$55 at Costco, memory space is no longer the issue it once was. Yeah, so a RAW file takes up 22M - big deal.
Opinions?
*: relating to the other thread I started, I was able to get a factory refurb'd Nikon D5200 at a good price.
Yes, I know the heuristics:
save at the highest resolution since you can't add pixels after the fact
don't bother with RAW unless you're really going to explore what you can do with RAW - which adds the question: what is your intended use of the images? Amateur? Web viewing only? Prints? Small vs big vs huge? What if you have no idea what you eventually might do with a given image?
And a slew of others......
With Sandisk 32G type 10 cards at sub-$40 and 64G ~$55 at Costco, memory space is no longer the issue it once was. Yeah, so a RAW file takes up 22M - big deal.
Opinions?
*: relating to the other thread I started, I was able to get a factory refurb'd Nikon D5200 at a good price.