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Originally Posted by fletch
You can actually reduce exposure and recover highlight detail very effectivly in RAW files without creating noise. This is becuase you are not trying to invent data or amplify anything, infact you are doing the oposite. It is a lot harder to increase shadow detail as this requires inventing data and thus creates noise. Hence why it is best to expose to the right when shooting RAW.
Basically the things you can ignore in camera when shooting RAW are all of the camera settings that control the JPEG compression. They differ from camera to camera but usually control white balance, contrast, saturation, sharpness, tone curve, resolution, and compression
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Originally Posted by Ray Dockrey
The only thing I worry about is exposure, ISO and focus. Most of the time I leave it on auto white balance and correct it in Lightroom if needed. Lightroom does an outstanding job of allowing me to correct white balance so much that I don't worry about it at all.
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This getting to the point of my question. Hopefully my photos are better composed and more focused than my question.
What I was wondering about, is the process of takeing a photo, composes of 2 phases,
The first phase is the image capture, where apeture, speed, and ISO come into play. Also composition and focal point.
The second phase is where the image data is post processed, either by the camera or by the computer. I think this would include, setting white balance, tone curves, contrast, etc.
If you shoot in raw, the camera stops after phase 1, and stores the RAW capture data.
If you shoot in jpeg, the camera does the post processing from you based on the camera settings.
Which is the best process for post processing depends on your camera, your PP skills and software avaiable to you.
Sooo, given, if you think the computer (with your help) gives better PP results. What camera settings are applied in the image capture phase of photo taking beside;
Everyone seems to agree on: appeture, ISO, shutter speed, composition (not a setting) and focal point
Split opions on white balance