On 2016-02-01 22:13, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 02/01/2016 03:19 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
If you are using RAW at all the implication is that you are later going to use a photoeditor
No, the implication is that I think I /may/ later use a photoeditor ;-)
(you choose shotwell, I choose darktable, some
shotwell is primarily an organizer. It is similar to digikam, with much less features.
people use Adobe's Photosohp) to produce a JPG that is just what you want, cropped, highlighted, toned. Quite possibly more than one. Maybe other enhancements: sharpening, noise reductions, vignetting,. All beyond what the camera can do.
Or you might run a VM windows and use the vendor's photoeditor.
It is in my todo list...
The point is
Why bother have the camera produce a redundant JPG at all?
Because I can :-) Having both allows me to decide later. If I decide later I want the "other" format (whatever "other" is) and didn't do it, I cry.
Bob may make the point that those holiday snapshots he immediately shares are immedite shares, but he might ALSO want to do a proper edit of same, so he has the RAW as well.
Realistically, he's more likely to run out of space (and battery power) on a vacation, isn't he?
Which is why they sell you battery spares and cards :-P -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)