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slip · 12-13-2006, 11:04 AM

Hi all!

I was doing some comparison shots of a book with a remote control for her old P&S on it.
comparing different scene modes, ect.
The one thing I noticed is that with moderate cropping, there are some pixelation issues with high quality .jpg output, and when they are done in raw, the pixelation is much, much less.
I realize the benifits of raw, but I am thinking that the jpg compression out of the camera is just a little too compressed

anyone else feel this way?

I haven't told me wife as she wouldn't care, and I told her about the positve things about raw, and the response was "no damn way am I going to do all that for every shot!

I can't say I blame her, though

cheers

randy

foxglove · 12-13-2006, 12:32 PM

Have you got it set to bright or natural? I gather that bright tends to over-process, most people recommend using natural and changing the contrast and sharpness settings, I don't recall to what.

Julie

jnorth · 12-13-2006, 12:43 PM

Originally posted by slipchuck

Hi all!......
I told her about the positve things about raw, and the response was "no damn way am I going to do all that for every shot!

I can't say I blame her, though

cheers

randy

That's where you needed a good bit of salesmanship before getting the 100. That's where you can extol the virtues of the 10D. You could tell her to shoot Raw+JPEG. Then she wouldn't have to do it on everyshot. She could run with the peggers where she felt they were already adequate and pull the Raw file up to adjust/tweak/crop those that needed it.

Maybe it wouldn't meant parking a vehicle for a few weeks or months and putting the gas money to the difference in the two but it woulda been more than reasonable to expect because it is a camera right? and the extra walking or extra sharing a vehicle together coulda been healthy physically or relationally. And beside the shoe leather expense woulda been less than the gas saved. (like my wife would ever go for that)

volosong · 12-13-2006, 12:48 PM

Silly question, Randy. Is JPEG quality set to *** and not ** or *?

(Rhetorical question: Why to they even have ** or * quality?)

clarenceclose · 12-13-2006, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by volosong

(Rhetorical question: Why to they even have ** or * quality?)

So you can send snapshots of your minature poodle with the pink ribbons to your favorite auntie.

trog100 · 12-13-2006, 01:39 PM

""no damn way am I going to do all that for every shot!"

a pretty sensible reply to me.. he he he

trog

slip · 12-13-2006, 03:12 PM

Originally posted by volosong

Silly question, Randy. Is JPEG quality set to *** and not ** or *?

(Rhetorical question: Why to they even have ** or * quality?)

***, 6MP I always set my cameras to max resolution

thanks

volosong · 12-13-2006, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by slipchuck:

***, 6MP I always set my cameras to max resolution

Me too! Guess we need to see a sample. Can you post one?

12-13-2006, 11:04 AM	#1
slip Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 2 hours north of toronto ontario canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,535	A minor less then positive thing about my wife's k100 Hi all! I was doing some comparison shots of a book with a remote control for her old P&S on it. comparing different scene modes, ect. The one thing I noticed is that with moderate cropping, there are some pixelation issues with high quality .jpg output, and when they are done in raw, the pixelation is much, much less. I realize the benifits of raw, but I am thinking that the jpg compression out of the camera is just a little too compressed anyone else feel this way? I haven't told me wife as she wouldn't care, and I told her about the positve things about raw, and the response was "no damn way am I going to do all that for every shot! I can't say I blame her, though cheers randy

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12-13-2006, 12:32 PM	#2
foxglove Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Atlantic Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,049	Have you got it set to bright or natural? I gather that bright tends to over-process, most people recommend using natural and changing the contrast and sharpness settings, I don't recall to what. Julie

12-13-2006, 12:43 PM	#3
jnorth Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 230	Originally posted by slipchuck Hi all!...... I told her about the positve things about raw, and the response was "no damn way am I going to do all that for every shot! I can't say I blame her, though cheers randy That's where you needed a good bit of salesmanship before getting the 100. That's where you can extol the virtues of the 10D. You could tell her to shoot Raw+JPEG. Then she wouldn't have to do it on everyshot. She could run with the peggers where she felt they were already adequate and pull the Raw file up to adjust/tweak/crop those that needed it. Maybe it wouldn't meant parking a vehicle for a few weeks or months and putting the gas money to the difference in the two but it woulda been more than reasonable to expect because it is a camera right? and the extra walking or extra sharing a vehicle together coulda been healthy physically or relationally. And beside the shoe leather expense woulda been less than the gas saved. (like my wife would ever go for that)

12-13-2006, 12:48 PM	#4
volosong Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 696	Silly question, Randy. Is JPEG quality set to * and not or ? (Rhetorical question: Why to they even have * or * quality?)

12-13-2006, 01:32 PM	#5
clarenceclose Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,506	Originally posted by volosong (Rhetorical question: Why to they even have ** or * quality?) So you can send snapshots of your minature poodle with the pink ribbons to your favorite auntie.

12-13-2006, 01:39 PM	#6
trog100 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK Posts: 642	""no damn way am I going to do all that for every shot!" a pretty sensible reply to me.. he he he trog

12-13-2006, 03:12 PM	#7
slip Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 2 hours north of toronto ontario canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,535 Original Poster	Originally posted by volosong Silly question, Randy. Is JPEG quality set to * and not or ? (Rhetorical question: Why to they even have * or * quality?) ***, 6MP I always set my cameras to max resolution thanks

12-13-2006, 04:35 PM	#8
volosong Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 696	Originally posted by slipchuck: ***, 6MP I always set my cameras to max resolution Me too! Guess we need to see a sample. Can you post one?

A minor less then positive thing about my wife's k100

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