Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would agree with Nathan about shooting RAW in these circumstances, circumstances when you don't know the light being used. It's so easy to fix white-balance when you use RAW. My problem with RAW (and I still use it 99% of the time) is that I am starting to reach the conclusion that it is not worth the extra effort. I rarely really have to do anything. I still shoot raw though ... just in case. But the transfer times when you off-load 2GB cards is a pain. Just recently I've noticed a little voice in my head "why bother?". It's probably too late, Matt, but you can easily set the ISO much higher than 400. If I remember right, the final size they wanted wasn't particularly big. All the shots I showed in "faces" were shot at ISO 640. It holds up very well. http://gallery.leica-users.org/Daniel-Ridings?page=2 Good luck! Daniel Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Matt, > > If you are going to be shooting inside, this means artificial lighting. > Maybe tungsten, maybe fluorescent, maybe a mix. Under those > circumstances shooting JPEG is a risky business. If your images turn out > to have a color cast, you will have a much more difficult time > correcting it in JPEG than if you have the RAW image to work from. > Converting the JPEG to TIFF is not going to help, since your starting > point is already degraded by the conversion to JPEG. I never shoot JPEG > anymore, and certainly not in the circumstances you describe. > > Nathan > > Matt Morgan wrote: > >> Many thanks for all this info Daniel. I'm just packing now to go into >> the heat of battle. >> >> I tried a few test shots yesterday, which seemed OK, but the lens is >> very slow. As I'm inside for actors/theatre work I am slightly >> concerned, but am hoping the subjects won't mind the light cranked up >> a bit. I suppose I'd better set the ASA at 400 or more. >> >> Only major concern I had when looking at the shots, was that the >> blacks contained white specks (artifacts?) >> >> Size wise, I'm also thinking of using JPEG setting in Fine. I presume >> I can make TIFF copies in CS. >> >> My 'standard' lens is the 18-70. It is slow and I'm finding I'm not >> getting the ultra sharp handhelds I need, but we'll see. >> >> Just got to look at medium or large image size now. >> >> I knew I should have read that manual!!:-) >> >> Cheers, Matt >> >