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Re: [OM] No E-System pro camera until 2010 ;(

Subject: Re: [OM] No E-System pro camera until 2010 ;(
From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:08:28 +0200

Chuck Norcutt wrote:

>Except that there is no custom development option that could exercise 
>even a fraction of the control allowed by processing raw files in a raw 
>converter.
>  
>
why except? this is what I had thought I was metaphoring  :-[

>ps:  I think I've asked it here before but I continuously wonder why 
>nearly everyone (but me) writes raw as RAW... as though it's an acronym 
>or file type abbreviation.  It's neither, just an adjective.
>
>  
>
Orf?
;-)

my camera spells RAW with capitalized letters, so dAWs the Mac, and 
WindAWs also  ...
ph


>Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>Philippe Amard wrote:
>  
>
>>In short :
>>Shooting RAW is more or less like developing the film the way you want 
>>it to be.
>>Shooting JPEG is asking the first lab or shop round the corner to 
>>process it for you.
>>
>>No printing involved here.
>>Ph
>>
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Joel's statement about not needing to shoot raw when you have a live 
>>>histogram is correct... but only if your intent is to replicate shooting 
>>>slide film.  There are dozens of controls on ACR's conversion screens 
>>>and exposure is but one of them.  When processing raw files (basically 
>>>everything I shoot) I probably deliberately set no less than 1/2 dozen 
>>>controls and for some as many as a dozen or more.
>>>
>>>Perhaps this points to the source of the sometimes quite divergent views 
>>>on shooting raw.  Not shooting raw and not having extensive control over 
>>>the development process would be quite constraining for me.
>>>
>>>Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>>Ken Norton wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>There is no need to shoot RAW in such a case if exposure
>>>>>is the primary reason for doing so.
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Funny how some of us can manage to shoot slide film and get the exposure
>>>>right, but the moment we pick up a digital camera--gotta shoot RAW because
>>>>we can't meter to save our skin.
>>>>
>>>>AG
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
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