RAW Question

[91Skeeter200]

As I have posted before, I am fairly new to digital photography. I am now experimenting with shooting RAW files. I am shooting a Nikon D7000 and since I switched to 'RAW FINE' My exposure rate has droped to over 1/2 of what it use to be......... in continous shooting mode, I went from around 6 FPS to 2 fps, the camera wants to buffer between shots. Do I need to get a different SD card, or is there somthing I need to change in the camera settings? I have been shooting some Senior Babe Ruth baseball games, and I feel frame rate is pretty important. Any help is greatly appreciated. <br /><br />
Modified by 91Skeeter200 at 1:15 PM 6/12/2011


Modified by 91Skeeter200 at 1:44 PM 6/12/2011

[Sneezy Beltran]

Hey Charles,

IMHO there's really no need to shoot in RAW + JPEG.

Either shoot in RAW if you don't like your camera's processing of jpegs or plan on a lot of post processing, or just tweak your jpeg settings (called picture control) in Nikon's menus and shoot inn jpeg.

A RAW file contains 100% of the data your camera captures.

In JPEG, the camera dumps all the unused information once it creates the file.

IMHO, while the D7K is a great camera, the buffer certainly leaves a lot to be desired. For that reason, I would do 95% of my shooting in JPEG medium, and only switch to fine or RAW for landscape/architecture type stuff.

I'm sure you've read on various websites, that if your a serious photographer you should always shoot in RAW, but in the real world, 99.5% of the population wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you showed them 8X10's shot in RAW or JPEG.

A perfect example would be the set I just posted from NYC, those were all shot in JPEG.

As far as memory cards go, a Sandisk 60md Extreme is the only way to go......

Happy shooting.

[91Skeeter200]

Thanks Sneezy! That is what I was wanting to know, I think I will just go back to JPEG and tweek the camera settings like you mentioned. You sure did good on the NY Photo's....... They look Awesome!

Thanks Again,
Charles

[pickupman66]

Yea, my d3000 has the same buffer issue. I even went and got a class 10 card for it and it made no difference.

I tried shooting in raw a bit but I have found I am very pleased with the jpeg results i get from it so far.

[TightLip]

The only reason to shoot RAW is if you are going to be producing high end commercial type images. When using Photoshop and others it makes retouching a little better. For everyday photographs including portrait photography there is no need to shoot RAW

[sgt93]

And don't forget your shirt. I shoot RAW because I like to use up HD space