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Back again, this time armed with the D100, two 512 mb cards, spare battery & Nixvue 30 gb Vista storage, off to South America to take heaps of photos in a little over 2 weeks.Getting used to the beast but am a bit puzzled about which format to use for the images. So far I've used JPEG but, from what I read, this does not give maximum resolution. I understand RAW gives the best possible results but hesitate about setting it to that. What limitations does that format have re display on the Nixvue, on a TV etc? If the computer needs the Nikon software to handle RAW images my naive thinking suggests they would not show up on a TV during our travels - correct or not?
My aim is to concoct a Powerpoint slide show on return and project it with the Braco projector on a 112 inch wide screen so maximum fidelity is important when the images are to be blown up very large.
I'm also a novice re graphics programs to use so would appreciate advice here. Again, my reading suggests Adobe Photoshop is the ultimate but maybe I do not need that and, if that was the best to use, option III in color mode would appear to be optimal for lanscapes.
Advice please
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No doubt, your original should be the highest quality possible. The trip is a once in a lifetime experience and your results should match them. For situations like this you should ALWAYS choose raw format in order to get the best possible res and output.... remember, this is your ORIGINAL and from there it only gets worse. JPEG is compressed (although the large ones not as much... but, still compressed).Your TWAIN driver should read the raw format and output to what ever program you use (pref. Photoshop)... then you save the image for permanent storage on a CD or DVD in PSD and the original RAW format.
Lot's of other options out there available to convert raw formats.
Sam
Hi There JohnC-- I notice not too many concise answers to your query-- Rather than post my 'settings' for optimum use of ther D100 here--if you wish to call me on 0740318314 I can take you through any problems you might have re the operation and manip/saving /etc of the Digital files.Rather than E-m's--it would be better to have camera in hand to verify the 'settings'.
Just a thought--if I don't hear have a great shoot in Sth A!
Des
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Peace at AA
Check the review at www.nikondigital.org for a very good setup menu parameter list, it's down at the bottom of the page. The cheap/good way to use RAW format is to get Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 and then download the Adobe Camera RAW plug-in from Adobe for another $99. The consensus is that ACR is better (and certainly cheaper) than Nikon Capture. Yes, this DOES work with Elements 2. Keep in mind that the RAW format will use approx. DOUBLE the space for each image on your memory card/hard drive/CD-R that JPEG fine will. I remember a Nikon presentation on the D100 that said, if I remember it correctly, JPEG fine is around 4MB per frame vs. 8MB for RAW. Actual resolution should be about the same either way, though some reviews (was it www.dpreview.com?) suggest that the JPEG is slightly softer.
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Peace at AA
That is a great product from Adobe.Cheaper and less complex than Photoshop 7.I shoot in jpeg and convert to tif in photoshop 6 then save after all corections and size still to tif.JPEG looses bits evertime you resave and retouch.Not tif.
The graphic world speaks in photoshop, so it behoves those to learn sometime.
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