skyfly 0 #1 May 11, 2003 Just thought it would be interesting to see what people are using.Be Simple, Be Creative, Bee! Sharon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 May 11, 2003 Raw or TIFF are just way too freekin' large to be written to the CF cards in a timely or space conservation way. JPEG Fine/Large/least amount of compression, does work out just fine though. Your nominal file size on a D30/D60/10D will be about 4 meg. -- PERFECT for submittals to magazines.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyfly 0 #3 May 11, 2003 I thought so too, that jpegs should be sufficient enough, but yet being used to having all original material in RAW format for future reference .... makes me wonder .... in terms of space, it's not a matter - can always get another larger CF card, the problem is with TIME .... since we have so little of it up there.Be Simple, Be Creative, Bee! Sharon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,144 #4 May 11, 2003 QuoteI thought so too, that jpegs should be sufficient enough, but yet being used to having all original material in RAW format for future reference .... makes me wonder .... in terms of space, it's not a matter - can always get another larger CF card, the problem is with TIME .... since we have so little of it up there. If you need an instrument to tell the difference, it doesn't matter. My eye sees no discernible difference between RAW and the lowest compression (best quality) JPEG.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #5 May 11, 2003 QuoteRaw or TIFF are just way too freekin' large to be written to the CF cards in a timely or space conservation way. I would tend to agree with this but I recently read an article on CF cards made for photographic purposes with a very fast write speed capability that works in conjunction with the camera itself. I believe the best that could be acheived was in the 6-8 FPS range. Eventhough the camera is writing to the card the camera still takes photos and stores data in buffer and continues to write until shooting stops. While I can see why some folks like RAW or TIFF it would probably work just as well for skydiving pics in JPEG format. If your really concerned with capturing all the information I think wet film is probablly still the best answer but that's just my opinion. I believe Mcgowan still shoots both wet film and digital, anyone know any different?"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 May 11, 2003 QuoteIf you need an instrument to tell the difference, it doesn't matter. Well, yes and no. It definately doesn't matter if you'll be printing the photos directly from the image file, but if you want to do color or exposure corrections, at least in the Canon line, the RAW files offer a bit more lattitude. Unfortunately, they just don't write as quickly and RAW format images take up WAY too much freekin' space on a CF card. I can get about 94 JPEG fine images on a 256 CF card which is just fine for me. In RAW mode that wouldn't be an adequate size card at all.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
