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Posts Tagged ‘Raw’

The importance of post-processing

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

RunnerEach and every aspect of a successful photograph is important – the concept, the subject, the intention, the planning, the lighting, the composition, the final presentation,  the list goes on and on….

Despite this, all too often the post-processing stage is neglected.  Some photographers even condemn the practice, uttering arguments along the lines of “wishing to capture the scene exactly as is was”, and using this as an excuse for avoiding any post-processing effort.  I’d like to have seen them have this discussion with Ansel Adams!

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Canon 5D MkII : Raw vs SRaw1

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

I said that I wouldn’t do any more pixel peeping, however a friend of mine who’s considering buying the Canon 5D MkII asked me to do a quick test for him, so I thought I’d share the results here.

His concern is that the 5D’s 21 mega pixels would generally be far more than he ever needs, leading to inflated file sizes and slower post processing. His interest is therefore in the SRaw1 format, in which the camera generates 10 mega pixel Raw files via some form of interpolation. He asked me to take an outdoor photo once in each format so that he could examine the Raw files himself. I’m happy to oblige.

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