Comments on: The Problem With RAW http://dslrblog.com/the-problem-with-raw/ the stories behind the images Tue, 22 May 2012 23:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Koontz http://dslrblog.com/the-problem-with-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-5787 John Koontz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-5787 <ul><li>It's slow. It requires far more post-processing.</li> <li>It's big. Less pics fit on a memory card and they take longer to write.</li> <li>It's proprietary. There isn't a standard accross the industry.</li> <li>Support in 3rd party apps always lags. Because it's proprietary.</li> <li>It's not a final output. Very few places will print from RAW. Vey few contests/magazines/photo contests will accept a RAW submission.</li></ul> There are wonderful uses for RAW, but many photographers think they HAVE to use it. Simply not true.
  • It’s slow. It requires far more post-processing.
  • It’s big. Less pics fit on a memory card and they take longer to write.
  • It’s proprietary. There isn’t a standard accross the industry.
  • Support in 3rd party apps always lags. Because it’s proprietary.
  • It’s not a final output. Very few places will print from RAW. Vey few contests/magazines/photo contests will accept a RAW submission.

    • There are wonderful uses for RAW, but many photographers think they HAVE to use it. Simply not true.

    ]]>         By: MarkT http://dslrblog.com/the-problem-with-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-5788 MarkT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-5788 As alway's it's horses for courses and the best option is the one that suits you. You don't have to use RAW, if you're happy with JPEG then great. However magazines and competitions no longer (See practical photographies photo of the year) accept JPEG only TIFS and to get a high quality TIF you have to output from RAW! As alway’s it’s horses for courses and the best option is the one that suits you. You don’t have to use RAW, if you’re happy with JPEG then great. However magazines and competitions no longer (See practical photographies photo of the year) accept JPEG only TIFS and to get a high quality TIF you have to output from RAW!

    ]]>         By: Chris http://dslrblog.com/the-problem-with-raw/comment-page-1/#comment-5789 Chris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-5789 Seems quite odd that they only accept tif, strange Seems quite odd that they only accept tif, strange

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