Can someone explain to a rookie what RAW pics are and the benefit? I'm shooting about 200 shots per day....is that about right?
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RAW is like a music track on a CD or a master while JPEG is like a compressed MP3 file -- they can sound indistinguishable but sometimes the MP3 won't sound quite as good. When a camera creates a JPEG image file, it tosses out data that appears to be unnecessary in order to make a smaller file. A RAW file is essentially the unprocessed image data and contains every last literal bit of image information. This gives you a wide latitude for manually adjusting white balance, etc. and bringing out details in dark and bright areas that might have been lost had the camera processed the image into a JPEG. For this reason, RAW can allow you fix images much easier. For example, if you've over-exposed certain areas in the scene so they look completely white, with RAW, you may be able to salvage some detail from those areas which wold have been processed away in a JPEG.
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Once again, THANK YOU Technology Guy for taking the time to answer my questions in such a thorough and informative manner. I really appreciate it. I'm sure I'll enjoy the Rebel Kit as my introductory into digital SLRs, and I'll be sure to stop by the photography forum as you suggested. Thanks again.
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You can get within four or five inches of most still subjects and get a good shot. The lighting can sometimes be a challenge indoors. I experiment with flash/no flash to get what I need. :^)
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I haven't had any issues with the buffer that you wouldn't have with any other camera. If you are shooting in high res JPEG only, the camera can easily squeeze off 6 straight shots (3 per second). If you shoot RAW+JPEG, you can expect 3-4 before lag catches up with you. Most sources say a high speed SD card helps also, but I just use regular Sandisk cards without effecting what I want to accomplish. I got some great shots in continuous mode with RAW+JPEG of an Osprey diving into the water and coming back out with a trout. It sounds like the salesman wanted to sell you on a high dollar "professional" Nikon or Canon Mark II with a higher profit margin.
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It's really a 16mp sensor. There are three of them, so Sigma says '46' or whatever. Your file size will be based on 16. I sold this camera a year or so ago, so I really can't say more. I never shot in RAW.
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Hi Mr. Hewitt (I wonder if we have any relation?) Anyway, for a true beginner (as in you've never used anything but a point-and-shoot) I'd recommend you get a Nikon D40 and an 18-200 VR. Keep the 18-55 kit lens, you'll find it lighter when your just taking snapshots of the family or whatever. The D40 is an excellent starter camera, it has almost all the tweaks of this much more expensive camera without the weight and cost. The D300 has many advantages over it, but I really feel you'll learn a lot faster with a simpler camera, and step up to this when your ready. I actually started out with a D40 a bit over a year ago, it made starting out quite fun. The 18-200VR will follow you as a great lens on the D300 too, and you can use any newer AF-S lenses on it. If you have older AF-D Nikon lenses lying around that you want to use, a D80 is also a good place to start. It's easier to make the custom tweaks you'll learn about in your photography classes on the D80, but it still has Auto modes as well to get you started. Checkout www.kenrockwell.com, especially his recommended camera page. He's a bit more eloquent than I am. And I wouldn't be so fast to recommend the D60 to anyone, it's just the D40x's guts (plus active D-Lighting, but without the other enhancements of the D300/D3) with a different name stamped on it. I wouldn't recommend the D40x or D60 to anyone, they exist to fill a price point to compete with Canon. If your eyeballing either, jump to the D80 and don't look back.
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You should have went with your original pic.All you get here is a bunch of canon ads.Any camera mentioned turns into buy canon.Ive been a pro for over 40 years.I use Nikon. Canons are about the same.In point and shoot Its a different game.Just a word of caution. Protect the lens.When not in use KEEP IT IN A CASE!Putting it your purse or pocket will let dirt into the lens.That's why everyone says my lens stopped working after a few months.You bought the inferior camera.Sorry
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It's not bad. I come from film days. This high ISO stuff is all foreign to me. Ha. I seldom shoot faster than 400 ISO so it's fantastic. AT higher speeds you get junk and noise. But you get that in all cameras. No matter what u choose remember that photography is just writing with light, very bright light. Though digital marketing seems to say we can use less bright light... It's just marketing...
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I cant comment on the quality of RAW Vs Jpeg as I stick with Jpeg. I can say however if you want to use most of the cameras apps it will force you to use jpeg witch is why I hvent been using RAW format. Also the camera is amazing, excellent photographs and user functionality. Ive used it for a year as my first dslr, so im still a novice. I do love this camera though. You should be able to track down som RAW reviews online though
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YES! There are multiple ways to shot: Fine, Standard, RAW, Fine + RAW, Standard + RAW etc. I highly recommend this camera!
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It just depends on what you're shooting. You tube has some great explainer videos.
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'50+ shots per day and typically could use one set of bateries for each day.' What if your on a tour that lasts 26 days? 26 pair of batteries? I got a Panasonic TZ5 and get over 300 shots between charging the Lithium Battery. I will NEVER buy a camera that uses any type of AA again. SX100 was a horrible camera!
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YES! There are multiple ways to shot: Fine, Standard, RAW, Fine + RAW, Standard + RAW etc.I highly recommend this camera!
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HI Anthony, You can shoot RAW & JPEG together, which is what I currently shoot.
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Always RAW if you are planning to edit or do anything serious with your photos. JPEG for photos for emailing and Facebook, that type of thing.
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How many pictures you get per charge depends on whether you turn your camera off and back on between shots, on whether you are using a flash, and on the amount of idle time between shoots. All of these consume battery power in greater or lesser amounts. That said, when on vacation, I generally get a day's use from one battery. I might take twenty or fifty or even seventy shots a day, depending on subjects of interest.
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Serious photographers shoot RAW, but most people just use JPEG because it is much easier, no post processing. I am glad to hear of the bright mode (in automatic I always shoot JPEG, in manual modes I always shoot RAW or lossless compressed pics).Overall the comments in this thread ease my fears of dpreview's complaint about JPEG quality. This is definitely my next camera.