Originally posted by automorphism Raw is pretty good for extra highlight and shadow detail, but without it you could take bracketed shots. Lots of the time I rarely need the features of Raw. In fact, most of the time, straight out of camera is pretty good if you're careful. I only keep shooting Raw because I enjoy editing immensely. If you don't enjoy it as an independent activity, you can get great results without it too. Some things like selective dodging, creative colour enhancements, etc. won't be possible, but if you can live without it, great.
I only suggest perhaps trying out a different system, like a Mac. Maybe you'd actually like it? Everyone has problems with every system, but I've always hated Windows the most.
I not averse to Mac, I've owned iPhones etc and have friends on Macs, but I've never really gravitated towards them as I was (and still am) a gamer, and that meant Windows (for a long time, I still think Macs struggle in this regard?). I mean I have a 144hz monitor for example, fairly serious on that front, but I'm getting to the point I could walk away and 'grow up' (lol) if it meant I could use a different OS that ran into less problems. Problem with Apple for me tho is really the price point, it's just outta my league. Equivalent specs can be had for far less if you can source and build yourself (as well as upgrading hardware over time).
Now that the reset of the PC has failed (issue still persists), I am faced with a complete fresh reinstall of Win 10, and I'll have to yank out the Ethernet cable at some point to stop it doing an update to see if that was a cause... honestly at this point I'm considering Linux... (but then that means goodbye PS, LR, Topaz Presets, Adobe Portfolio....
Originally posted by SpecialK Jpg only? No way. Good luck "getting it right in the camera" on a consistent basis. I doubt there is any jpg that would not benefit from some form of PP even if only straightening, cropping and cloning - not counting exposure, contrast, blacks, or other values. Post-processing is the least time-consuming fraction of the entire process - going out, setting up, coming back, chimping, renaming, uploading, backing up, etc. Some people think shooting raw is the lazy way - I think it is the opposite.
I've never felt RAW was lazy, I agree, there's far more involved. My issue with the editing side of things is it becomes 'artistic' to a point. You could keep nit picking over it, and indeed you also get better at it, so that 2yr old edits now don't look as good to you as they once did before! Are you ver fully satisfied with them? I liken it a little to EQ tweaking in the audio world. Sure listening to stuff Flat is nice, but once you open up that EQ and tweak a little here and a little there you get something that might sound better, but then the tweaking can just go on and on and on... when is it enough?
Originally posted by thazooo I shoot RAW on my Pentax and JPG on my Oly. Minimal processing on both. I'm from film so the habits have carried over to Digi. Try to get it right in camera.
Just a thought, I keep a current disc image of my Windoze drive so that when the Wonders of Windoze happen I can load the image back in and I'm running again. Takes about a half hour.
Yep i'm good with creating images, I use Acronis, sadly its telling me my .tib file is corrupt and not able to restore (even when I do an extra validation process after every backup I make.... honestly sometimes I wonder why I bother at all... money down the drain.)