{"id":2604,"date":"2011-03-13T09:47:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2011-03-13T09:47:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T16:47:09","slug":"why-i-shoot-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"Why I shoot RAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I shoot RAW with my DSLR and my compact camera, because it allows me to get the maximum out of the sensors with the most up to date processing.\u00a0 Shooting jpeg sets the image processing with what is available at the time by the camera manufacturer and usually doesn&#8217;t allow for much improvement.\u00a0 Here are some comparison images at 100% magnification both between RAW and Jpeg and comparing the Sony DSC-V3 to my Pentax K-7.\u00a0 I did these tests for my self but thought I would share the results no matter how esoteric.<\/p>\n<p>Sony DSC-V3 100ISO RAW vs jpeg\u00a0\u00a0 (File size 1.16 Mbyte)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2605\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO100_Raw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2605\" title=\"DSC-V3_ISO100_Raw\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO100_Raw-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO100_Raw-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO100_Raw-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO100_Raw.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sony DSC-V3 800ISO jpeg vs\u00a0RAW\u00a0\u00a0 (File size 1.4 Mbyte)\u00a0 This is where the differences are most apparent<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2607\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO800_Raw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2607\" title=\"DSC-V3_ISO800_Raw\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO800_Raw-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO800_Raw-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO800_Raw-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_ISO800_Raw.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>DSC-V3 vs Pentax K-7 at 100 ISO\u00a0 Both RAW<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2608\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_vs_K7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2608\" title=\"DSC-V3_vs_K7\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_vs_K7-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_vs_K7-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_vs_K7-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC-V3_vs_K7.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I shoot RAW with my DSLR and my compact camera, because it allows me to get the maximum out of the sensors with the most up to date processing.\u00a0 Shooting jpeg sets the image processing with what is available at the time by the camera manufacturer and usually doesn&#8217;t allow for much improvement.\u00a0 Here are 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