allblue
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Post by allblue on Jan 12, 2007 17:55:20 GMT 8
I'm trying to convince myself that I need RAW as a newbie but I'm not sure you guys and gals be it experienced or newbies. I do find that newbies like us usually take in jpeg as it's the easiest.
So what you do guys/gals use? You may check more than one if then to hop around.
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snipper
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Post by snipper on Jan 12, 2007 19:16:57 GMT 8
I shoot RAW because I have enough memory to last me through and also I'm still learning so any minor mistakes can still be salvage. If I'm lazy, I just shoot in Jpeg but rarely.
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allblue
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Post by allblue on Jan 13, 2007 12:10:21 GMT 8
So you mean to carry 10Gb where ever you go?
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Post by USM on Jan 13, 2007 13:58:35 GMT 8
So you mean to carry 10Gb where ever you go? Not really. Nowadays, people no longer carry so many media cards when they are out in the field. They would carry the portable hardisk from 30gb to 120 gb. Some of them even have a LCD screen to view your photos. |
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Post by snipper on Jan 13, 2007 15:11:10 GMT 8
I have altogether 12GB of memory cards. from 1 Gb to 8Gbs. I have another 12GB MD that i will rip out of my USB pocket drive soon.
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allblue
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Post by allblue on Jan 14, 2007 0:21:58 GMT 8
So you mean to carry 10Gb where ever you go? Not really. Nowadays, people no longer carry so many media cards when they are out in the field. They would carry the portable hardisk from 30gb to 120 gb. Some of them even have a LCD screen to view your photos. Do you mean the portable HD is USB plugged into the camera transferring pics while taking pics? BTW, what do you bring for your Ankor Wat trip? |
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Post by USM on Jan 14, 2007 0:41:26 GMT 8
Not really. Nowadays, people no longer carry so many media cards when they are out in the field. They would carry the portable hardisk from 30gb to 120 gb. Some of them even have a LCD screen to view your photos. Do you mean the portable HD is USB plugged into the camera transferring pics while taking pics? BTW, what do you bring for your Ankor Wat trip? Yes, the latest external hardisk allows you to transfer your images directly from your camera via the USB cable. Technology has progressed so fast that carrying multiple media cards may not be necessary. Talking about the Angkor Wat trip, I forgot to bring the hardisk and extra CF cards, so I have to borrow from my buddies. This is a classic example that bring a external hardisk will solve all your storage problems especially when you are in traveling. |
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allblue
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Post by allblue on Jan 14, 2007 1:10:05 GMT 8
Yes, I had the same problem when i went for tour last May. I brought my 20GB mp3 player as memory storage for my PnS. Everynight I had to download daily pics inorder to free up the memory card.
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Post by gilbertgoh on Jan 14, 2007 10:34:44 GMT 8
i would try to shoot with both format on short trips with memory allows, Raw then finally jpeg
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Post by evershine on Jan 14, 2007 16:16:14 GMT 8
For about $250, you can get a portable hdisk with 80Gbytes with slot that allow you to copy files from card to hdisk.
A USB connected to camera while taking photos is troublesome.
What many people did is, have 2 x 2G cards so when 1 2G filled up, they will slot the 2 G card into the portable hdisk slot and it will transfer all the images into the hardisk and free up the memory space on the memory card. Thats the most cost effective solution i can think of. No need to get those with a display.
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Do you mean the portable HD is USB plugged into the camera transferring pics while taking pics?
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allblue
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Post by allblue on Jan 14, 2007 20:02:28 GMT 8
I have 2 portable HD but without card reader built it. That's why i had to resort to use my mp3 as it doubles as my music companion
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Post by iboey on Apr 5, 2007 0:39:02 GMT 8
I shoot with a 1gb card and use a 40gb portable digimate to store my raws. thank god my dad is a photographer which saves me $ on the digimate ;D
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allblue
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Post by allblue on Apr 5, 2007 10:14:33 GMT 8
For what i noticed, a 2GB card can only hold <200 shots for RAW on 400D. On an average outing, i may shoot about 100 to 400 shots. So a few cards will be good enough but for overseas travelling without computer, i think external HD would be advisible.
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Post by USM on Apr 5, 2007 10:53:50 GMT 8
For what i noticed, a 2GB card can only hold <200 shots for RAW on 400D. On an average outing, i may shoot about 100 to 400 shots. So a few cards will be good enough but for overseas travelling without computer, i think external HD would be advisible. Yes, for traveling overseas, you will definitely need to bring along an external harddisk such as the OTG, etc. regardless whether you shoot in RAW or JPEG because of the large of shots taken while traveling. |
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Post by Marcus on Apr 5, 2007 13:33:38 GMT 8
Hi all blue,
I started shooting raw since DPP have the feature for user to correct and modify the Raw files.
The sharpen function in DPP work great for me!!! kekeke
Another thing is I limit myself from shooting more picture because 1G of CF card can only hold 100 to maybe 120 raw files.
You may ask why have to limit myself from taking so many pictures?
Because I don't really want to end up at home selecting good picture out of so many picture and delete the rest. So compose a nice 1 and shoot.
It may make the learn curve effective cause I have limited pictures to store and cant affort to make mistake. If the raw image is not nice go back shoot again!
But for some once in a year event like chingay will still shoot in JPG as many picture as possible! But still endup to square 1 choose the best and deleting Images.
But still I think it depend on individual shooting style and habit.
Cheers
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