Digital Photographer - UK (2020-05)

RAW processing apps used to be quite rudimentary, but

today’s leading converters are incredibly sophisticateda

are almost guaranteed to process your camera’s RAWfil

how do they open? For Photoshop, use the Open comma

on the RAW file and Photoshop’s Adobe Camera Rawwil

automatically open. In Lightroom and Capture One, impo

photos and then open the file. Processing RAWs is nomo

difficult than JPEGs – and the results are far superior.

Opening RAW files

No matter what your camera is, there’s

a RAW converter for it

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What’s the shutter speed? If you

handhold the camera, ensure the

shutter speed is fast enough to avoid

camera shake, or use long shutter speeds,

as blurry clouds are easier to get in-camera.

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Optimum aperture Setting the correct

aperture will give you control over the

depth of field and image sharpness. Don’t

use f/22 or smaller, as diffraction is likely to

be a problem.

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Low ISO settings To get clean image

detail, try not to use higher ISO settings,

which may introduce unwanted noise

or ‘grain’ to the image (although modern

cameras are remarkably good).

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Cameras initially capture RAW

files with excellent colour and

exposure information, only

to throw lots of it away to

create a JPEG file. While JPEG

files are great for sharing

and printing, they are not

nearly as good as RAW files

for capturing landscapes. To

get the best image quality,

there really is no option but

to shoot in RAW. You can also

set your camera to capture

both RAW and JPEG files.

Why shoot

in RAW?

Don’t throw image

quality away with JPEGs