ladyups
11-04-2008, 04:57 PM
Hi everyone! It's a ghost from your past...:) I've been so super busy this year that I only get to check in about once every couple of weeks and then all I get done is read. I hope my life slows down pretty soon so I can participate more but I'm sure the Christmas rush will be on us before I know it.
Anyway, the reason I'm sending in a message today is because I had an eye-opening experience this morning and wanted to share it with you all. I shoot in raw+jpg, mainly because its easier to view the jpg files than the raw files and easier to share them too. But, this morning, I was doing some more reading on my camera and trying to figure out how to use the Exposure Lock button. I think I know how, just not sure I understand the concept yet. But, that is not why I'm writing...:p I was using my stained glass to practice this on and when I opened them in my Picture Motion Browser (supplied with my Sony a100) I noticed that the color was quite a bit off....more orange then the pink it should have been. Even my raw files had orange and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) the raw thumbnails are processed like a jpg for viewing. But, once I opened my raw file up in my raw conversion program, it was back to the pink that it should have been. The image on the left is the jpg file staight out of camera except for cropping and resizing. The right image is the raw file after conversion and tweaking the contrast/brightness and sharpness a bit. This made me realize how important it is to shoot in raw to achieve the right color and exposure. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3003088878_6ba6f4c97b.jpg
Anyway, the reason I'm sending in a message today is because I had an eye-opening experience this morning and wanted to share it with you all. I shoot in raw+jpg, mainly because its easier to view the jpg files than the raw files and easier to share them too. But, this morning, I was doing some more reading on my camera and trying to figure out how to use the Exposure Lock button. I think I know how, just not sure I understand the concept yet. But, that is not why I'm writing...:p I was using my stained glass to practice this on and when I opened them in my Picture Motion Browser (supplied with my Sony a100) I noticed that the color was quite a bit off....more orange then the pink it should have been. Even my raw files had orange and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) the raw thumbnails are processed like a jpg for viewing. But, once I opened my raw file up in my raw conversion program, it was back to the pink that it should have been. The image on the left is the jpg file staight out of camera except for cropping and resizing. The right image is the raw file after conversion and tweaking the contrast/brightness and sharpness a bit. This made me realize how important it is to shoot in raw to achieve the right color and exposure. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3003088878_6ba6f4c97b.jpg