Thinking that way, I then think about when I do weddings the studio actually asks me to shoot in JPEG. Though I really think they want me to -send them- JPEGs. The JPEG stuff I do shoot at the weddings are mostly the reception part. Stuff that really doesn't matter and would look find on a 4x6. The worst I'd have to do is up the exposure in Lightroom a smidge and yay.
I switch to RAW when the shots really matter: portraits, church, etc...
Its a mix for me. I prefer to work with RAW files, and SOOC/SFTC concept definitely precludes any sort of RAW work. I'm of mixed thoughts on it.
I definitely use JPEG if I'm doing something SOOC -- and the implication is that you're really ensuring that your settings are exactly where you want them. No playing with fill in post, no push/pull... Either you land your shot as you intend it or shrug and cry. Mind you, I actually do shoot with tweak settings at 0 on my camera most days. I assume I'm going to be working with it in post.
Its a really mixed bag. I pretty much reserved everything that I claimed SOOC for stuff that came out of my ELPH, IE stuff that didn't have RAW or was a blog post, or I was too tired to do post, or I wanted to show that you can get a good shot with a point and shoot, etc... I haven't done anything claiming SOOC lately, especially with Lightroom and the S90/G9 files giving me RAW, there's been no point. *shrug*
I think that even shooting in RAW can be considered "straight" if you don't do any post processing. Even in camera, there's always settings being applied; you can choose which ones you want for your RAW images. If your post processing software accepts them or not is the real question.
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I definitely use JPEG if I'm doing something SOOC -- and the implication is that you're really ensuring that your settings are exactly where you want them. No playing with fill in post, no push/pull... Either you land your shot as you intend it or shrug and cry. Mind you, I actually do shoot with tweak settings at 0 on my camera most days. I assume I'm going to be working with it in post.
Its a really mixed bag. I pretty much reserved everything that I claimed SOOC for stuff that came out of my ELPH, IE stuff that didn't have RAW or was a blog post, or I was too tired to do post, or I wanted to show that you can get a good shot with a point and shoot, etc... I haven't done anything claiming SOOC lately, especially with Lightroom and the S90/G9 files giving me RAW, there's been no point. *shrug*
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In other words, no tricks, just what the average joe might do with the camera he just got for Christmas.
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