Random Musings
Nikolai
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Few of my images were accepted for a local photo exhibit. Some were relatively recent, taken with 5D2 and processed with at least CS4, others were from 2006 (gulp), taken with 30D/40D and processed with CS2.
To make sure I have a decent looking collection I decided to reprocess the 2006 images and at least try to bring them on par with the more recent ones, so the "collection" would have a uniform "look and feel".
Let me tell you: I can't express how better both hardware (camera: 5D2 vs 30D/40D) and software (PS CS5 vs PS CS2, and especially ACR module) become during the last 4 years. With CS5, I could see lots and lots of flaws in my own 2006 raw images, yet at the same time I could relatively easily fix most (if not all) of them right there in ACR 6.x, and the rest was handled by PS CS5 without breaking a sweat. Granted, I knew what I was going for, etc. Still - an amazing progress!
WTG, both Canon and Adobe! :clap:bow
To make sure I have a decent looking collection I decided to reprocess the 2006 images and at least try to bring them on par with the more recent ones, so the "collection" would have a uniform "look and feel".
Let me tell you: I can't express how better both hardware (camera: 5D2 vs 30D/40D) and software (PS CS5 vs PS CS2, and especially ACR module) become during the last 4 years. With CS5, I could see lots and lots of flaws in my own 2006 raw images, yet at the same time I could relatively easily fix most (if not all) of them right there in ACR 6.x, and the rest was handled by PS CS5 without breaking a sweat. Granted, I knew what I was going for, etc. Still - an amazing progress!
WTG, both Canon and Adobe! :clap:bow
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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And THIS is the reason I shoot 100% RAW.
Folks can and do argue the finer points of RAW versus JPEG ad infinitum. But you've just highlighted one simply unarguable benefit of RAW; you can re-process it with improved software at some later date!
Exactly. It's your negative. I would even say, a non-developed negative, an exposed film itslef, which you can develop over and over before even start working on the finer details.
I frequently go back through my older RAW files and re-process them with the newer versions of ACR - I have not gotten to CS5 quite yet, but am certain that I will soon enough. The improvements in hardware and software for digital photography have been fantastic in just a single decade.
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