davidsimageline Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Has this ever happened to you? I went to the club to party and saw these beautiful colors I had my camera earliershooting in JPG and forgot to change it back....only to wake up this morning checking the picture and found outthey are JPGs. <img src="http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff296/bussiness4/PhotoDotNet/pic_26jpg.jpg"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 The solution: never take it off of RAW. Or, RAW + JPG. Memory cards are so cheap, all you have to do is never change that setting, and then just delete the RAW files if you don't like need 'em, later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterh Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Dave it could have been worse that this shot. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertbody Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 There are times when it takes too much work to make NEF look like JPG.... it's mostly for sunsets in my experience... as long as you kept your JPG on max size/quality as you should, that could help. Prices on memory cards have dropped so at least your JPG quality should be at max as well as size always. There are always mistakes that can happen, like leaving it at ISO 1600 from the night before and you shoot in daylight the next day.... ouch. I have done it with ISO-800 from the night before. Usually i keep it at ISO-200 even during night,so checking ISO is not my first concern. Then not having Autofocus on while you think it is... Always check your camera while taking pictures you except a lot from -- ISO, focus, exposure... <br><br> The picture is pretty, I would increase the foreground/sky ratio, maybe a bit more zoom or less sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 <i>There are times when it takes too much work to make NEF look like JPG</i> <Br><br> Either View NX or Capture NX will take the NEFs from the camera and produce <i>exactly</i> the same JPG that the camera would have produced... and it will do it to all of the files in a dump, as a batch, no fuss. But then, you've still got the much-richer NEF to non-destructively edit, should you need to. The whole point of using Nikon's software is that it knows how to precisely mimic the camera's native processing, while still giving you way, way more latitude to work with the image later. <br><br> Regardless, when you can get a 4GB card for the cost of a pizza, it may be easier still to just default to RAW+the-best-JPG-the-camera-can-make. It's a couple of key strokes to delete all of the NEF files (or never even copy them off the card in the first place), but if all you have are JPGs, you'll never get back the missing data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidsimageline Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 It's funny I only have two (2 gig ultra II flash card) and I payed $20 for one like 5 or 6 months ago on eBay and now I just cecked I can get a 4 gig for $20 buck I am going to order 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diane_madura Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Dave, you might want to wait for another SD card. Adorama seems to have the best deals around. Last week, this card (with a rebate) was $22 (or something very close to that). If you need a compact flash card, those are also a very good price at Adorama. They seem to have rebates about once a month. If you get on their email list, you will be notified of their specials. http://www.adorama.com/IDSSD8GE3.html?emailprice=t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene11664880918 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I never change the setting from RAW so I NEVER forget it. But I forget everything else :) ISO, Aperture, the camera, etc. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Are there other settings besides RAW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studor13 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Is there a setting in say the D300 so that when the camera starts up it's always: RAW+Normal M, ISO 200 and whatever else I want as my default? It also drives me crazy when I find out after about 20 shots that everything is ISO 1600 and Basic S which was what I was messing around with the day before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidsimageline Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Thanks Diane I found a 8 gig for $42 on <a href="http://www.adorama.com/IDSCFE38G30M.html?searchinfo=compact%20flash%20&item_no=15" >Adorama</a> The reason I change mine is because I use my camera to take some pictures for a listen on ebay so it was on JPG fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpahnelas Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 it's your job as the person operating the camera to make sure you check all those settings before getting underway. and i say that as someone who frequently forgets something... i never shoot anything but RAW now, after a similar experience. but i find in general that i'm getting a lot better about it -- and dream that someday, checking everything will just become second nature.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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