Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To me, the raw/jpg analogy is film/Polaroid. Film you develop and print and have great ability to choose how the ultimate result comes out. With a Polaroid, you got instant gratification but after-exposure options were limited. Not perfect, but it works for me... John Newell -------------- Original message -------------- From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> > At 12:24 PM 8/17/2008, you wrote: > > >On Aug 17, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: > > > >>Steve: I have already been denigrated/chastised for that one..... > >>You gotta come up with new material...... > > RAW files are your negatives. Without RAW you are working from a > 3x5, already developed, drugstore print. If that's all you need, > that's fine. If you ever want to do your own developing or make > bigger prints, you'd better have a RAW file. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information