Skeptical

Daisy seems skeptical in every photo, doesn’t she?

And Badger is just the opposite.

I tried to learn how to use the Canon yesterday, going through documentation and instructional videos. Upon reaching the section pertaining to quality I went out and shot in RAW format.

Which was fine.

Until it came time to look at the RAW images I’d transferred over to my computer… Only a slight hiccup… My PC pretended to not know what they were, as did all my photo-editing programs.

Fast forward to 20 different downloaded codecs later… and Windows finally saw them. Turns out since they’re Canon, they’re different from a regular RAW; they’re ‘camera RAW’, CR2. Whatever. The quality was phenomenal, but my Adobe software turned up its nose at them. Turns out… and you’re going to love this… turns out Adobe only updates codecs for its latest version of software… so if I wanted to be able to import them into the program for editing, I’d have to upgrade. Well, my software is so old it could vote, so that means no upgrade; full price.

Not happening.

I did download a test version of Lightroom 4 and that’s how I was able to edit the two images above. It’s pretty cool in that it has all the codecs for all formats built in… along with filters for individual cameras and lenses. Lightroom will cease to function after 30 days, so I’ll enjoy it and then switch to JPG…. unless I come up with 150. Like Daisy, I’m skeptical.

Oh, the quality of the images themselves are awesome with RAW. Notice I didn’t claim the same for anything I can directly influence… although gingerly moving some of the settings and shooting in full sun didn’t blow everything out. For once.

5 thoughts on “Skeptical”

  1. Peter

    That is a “you have me sitting here so where is my treat? You expect me to pose for bupkis? look. Show her a treat and then hold it between the little and ring fingers of your camera hand while you snap the shot. You’ll get a different look. :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone:

  2. Da Goddess

    Go get yourself an inexpensive photo editor/organizer like Paint Shop Pro. Does all the same fancy schmancy stuff Adobe products do, but at a fraction of a cost. (Corel loves to give good deals!) I’m currently beta testing PSP X5 and enjoying it. You can probably pick up X4 Ultimate for under $70. It’s AWESOME! And if you decide you just want to try it out first, you can. “Also too as well”, if you get on Corel’s mailing list, they’ll send you notices when they have sales. I missed X4 Ultimate when they offered it for $30. Can you believe it?

    As for the dogs: Daisy Maisy Puddin’ Pop is a skeptical dog by nature. I think it’s time we all just accepted it and loved her even more for it. lol

  3. Da Goddess

    P.S. There’s no need to shoot in raw unless you’re looking for the LARGEST FILES YOU COULD EVER NEED. Truly, go for large, fine jpg files and you’ll be fine.

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