I rarely edit RAW anymore since I switched to Fuji. I do shoot RAW+JPG, but rarely touch the RAW. Used to love doing editing - and spent ages doing so when I shot Canon and Sony.
yeah the big thing is that the default film simulations are only a base you build the recipe on top of and make a real simulation. Just selecting one on the camera isn't going to match what you want, and he could have gotten pretty close to his raw edits with the in camera settings on the fuji. I think that running with both cameras means he doesn't really have the time to focus on one of them deeply.
@@benbunch4159 The problem with the Fuji film simulations in Lightroom is that they just don't match what you get in the camera - they're close but not as good - Fuji don't share the recipes with Adobe. I shoot RAW and JPEG and use the JPEG if possible, but if not I have the RAW to fall back on.
@@benbunch4159 I'll say it again. I shoot Raw+Jpg, 90% of the time, I don't even touch the raw. It's a WAY faster workflow. Maybe shooting lanscape, those 2 cliks don't amount to a lot. But shooting events, other thousand of photos. way faster to go with JPGs. And when something is not right, still got the raw to tweak that 10% of the time...
JPEGs were never terrible, so no, they are not still terrible. Editing RAWs is clearly superior, but JPEGs offer a wonderfully simple workflow for those of us who would prefer to edit as little as possible!
Generally I agree, but you could make the argument that early digital didn't have very nice s-curves (no highlight roll-off to speak of) and with jpeg that was baked in. Still, you could expose for it
You can shot RAW and then use the auto setting of Lightroom or your self defined preset. Same simple workflow, but more material to work with when you need it.
I started out shooting raw+jpeg because so many people said you have to shoot raw but I realised after a while that the perks of shooting raw are useless to me because I hate editing and find it incredibly boring so now I shoot jpeg and that works great for me.
I’ve been shooting like this now for 5 years. Have not missed editing one bit. And I find the challenge of getting it done without manipulation really enjoyable. Doesn’t always make life easy, but it’s refreshed my view of photography and reinvigorated my love for it.
Like you I find it more satisfying to GET IT RIGHT in camera. To me those who use a computer to get the photo correct are not photographers but computer editors.
@@hanzkilian1806 Well, while i understand your point, "getting it right" can be subjective. There are different styles and some just need editing in post to be achieved. Fuji does jpegs really well and they can get the job done, but for certain artistic purposes, editing is sometimes the only way to hit the spot.
Ever since I've had digital cameras, I've always shot RAW + jpeg at the same time. It's often easier to review images quickly from the jpegs, and then delving into the RAW files to produce final versions. I spent much of my working life shooting images for instant consumption at functions/church fairs etc, and jpeg is really the only way to go in those circumstances.
All really nice photos: maybe it's just my personal taste but I prefer the jpg versions of your images (but then I tend to use the film simulations in my X-Pro2 so it's what I'm used to). I normally shoot jpeg + RAW onto different cards so if I want to mess around more with an image I'll fish out the RAW.
I’m a Fuji shooter. I love the idea, and I have really tried to shoot JPG by tweaking the settings, I have tested a whole lot of recipes, but I always end up going back to raw. In the right conditions, the jpg´s look great, but then you turn around, and you should have used another recipe, or the highlights are burnt out or something. I find it better to tweak the raw files afterwards.
Same! As much as I love the film sims, there have been moments in which I regreted just having the jpg. On the other hand, every now and then its a nice and fun "challenge" sticking to one film sim only.
Yes and that’s what all those guys don’t get, most of them would never just blindly put one preset on all the photos and call it a day but because it’s „film simulations“ and they feel fancy or elite cause of using Fujis hipster hype cameras it’s suddenly the better way 🤦🏻♂️
Not sure if it's RUclips or watching back on TV/Laptop, but the jpegs seem much cleaner than your raw edits, the edits looked overexposed, not sure if I'm the only one seeing it that way or if it's just my preference. Thanks for the video though, always appreciate your content!
I had the exact same thought, the edits often look overexposed. There has to be an explanation though because no way would he approve of that exposure if he saw it the way i'm seeing it.
Yeah--the only accurate forecast is looking out the window (though obviously not long-term)! Re RAW v. JPG, as Ansel said, "you don't take a photograph, you make it" (and I agree that editing is not only fun but an integral part of the photographic process). As you say, starting with a RAW gives you much more flexibility. I only edit on my PC with a calibrated Benq 32" 4K monitor--for me, smaller screens (especially an EVF) represent a compromise. Re film simulation, that's best handled in post and you can't do better than DxO (especially if you get FilmPack Elite, although PL and Nik include a lot of great film emulations as well). You not only get beaucoup accurate emulsion simulations (including Fuji) but you can easily tweak them to get exactly the look you want. I shoot RAW + JPG (only editing the RAWs) and although most of the JPGs look fine, the difference between good and great is in the details and it's simply not possible to get the same results from a JPG in most cases. JPGs are also like farming out your film to get it developed/printed--nobody else knows what I saw/felt when I got that shot so nobody else is qualified to interpret that (especially someone from a camera company making a "creative" preset). BtW, I love how you didn't remove the poop bag behind the tree from the image @7:51 (I'd have shot a detail making more obvious the laziness/thoughtlessness of whom ever left it there, just steps from what appears to be a receptacle--a microcosmic view of humanity).
Like many have mentioned, I usually shoot jpeg+RAW with my FujiFilm X100V to give me the best of both worlds. I find that a good portion of the time I just use the jpeg with minor edits, but I like having the RAW when I'd like to edit a bit further.
I started shooting jpegs only about 6 years ago, I was surprised how flexible the files were if you were intending to go for the natural reality look. I think most photographers who aren't trying to do a big colour grade like spring for autumn, or orange and teal, can get by happily with jpegs. The only caveat being, you have to shoot for the natural end result in camera. If you bake in some trendy style like an incorrect white balance for effect, you are limited in how much you can do about it. I know that a lot of people have more fun editing than shooting, but I do think this straight out fi camera jpeg style is a great way to generally improve your eye for finding a scene in the moment though.
I very much agree with your last point. I appreciate having learned from editing software how to use the settings and make most of the available light. But what I gain from being in the moment and firing away cannot be compensated by any post processing!
Enjoyed the video as always James. To my untrained eye the difference from the jpegs and your raw edited version would seem that the colours in the raw version are ‘brighter’ or are more vibrant. With regard to the x-pro 3 could I suggest you check out a fellow RUclipsr, Goughie, (Leica & Fuji) and his own personal film simulation based on Astia. I have also found using the ‘pop’ preset in Snapseed in many cases adds that extra bit of vibrancy, to this simulation, that I like.
@@johns.3169 I'd be surprised if the jpeg journey continued for a couple reasons: 1. He has his own style and his raw image always looked better and more consistent to that than the jpegs. 2. Man likes his lightroom time. He mentioned a muddiness about the other film simulations too, which would rule out Astia. Plus, his GR Edit always looked a bit closer to the Provia from the Fujifilm. So I can see why he prefers Standard. Although, I would like him to elaborate on the muddiness he sees. I don't see it, so I feel I need to be enlightened, and figure out how to avoid it.
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Honestly I thought the sooc jpegs looked great! But to your point, if you shoot raw and just select the corresponding profile, you get very similar results but with more leeway to edit. This video just makes me want a fuji even more lol.
Good video as usual. But I did miss one important reason why JPG alone is not wise: the ability to 'go back' and make different edits of your image. In our line of work (weddings) we make 'normal' edits but also the carefully adjusted b/w conversions, sometimes couples want a very specific edit (cinematic, aged, whatever) of a few images and you simply can't do that properly if all you have is the JPG. You need the RAW. So yes, while in some cases a JPG might be sufficient, it's just a very good idea to have the RAW file as well for "just in case...". Taking up "so much room" on your memory cards? Nah. Cards are cheap these days and a 40 euro card will keep you busy in JPG and RAW all day, easily. We shoot thousands of images on a wedding day using maybe 2 128GB cards per camera (well, times 2 of course, since we use dual slot bodies)
James, when switching film simulations with the screen closed you can program the blank button just above your “Q” button to be your custom setting selector. Then using the rear facing dial you can scroll between C1-C7. Another trick is to put your film simulations in the top left of your Q menu so that when you select the Q button while keeping the screen closed it defaults to that space which then you can use the slider to select your sim.
Just found your channel a few days ago and after watching this video, I’m a subscriber. Love how you can give the viewer a good chuckle in all of your videos! I especially love how you included an actual view of how much more detail the RAW file includes. The complete opposite of when you tell a Facebook group you shoot JPEG 🤣 Fantastic video and look forward to seeing more content from ya!
You can apply the settings on the import screen also. I shoot RAW + Small JPEG... mainly because if I want to share something quick on social media... I have a have an image that will work in that small form factor..... BUT... the important thing is that the import defaults to whatever the picture profile the camera was on when it took the photo (the setting is Develop Settings in Lightroom and on mine it is defaulted to Camera Settings). I often shoot in Black and White (it's a good learning tool because it can help you focus on composition rather than be distracted by color) and I sometimes forget to make them not B&W when importing...
One of the things I like the most about Fujifilm cameras is that you can select different dynamic ranges. Most of the time I shoot DR 100% but sometimes using 200%, 400% or even just going for Auto can really help a photo come to life.
With the fuji, if you shoot RAW+JPG then you can set LR to automatically apply the film simulation you chose in camera to the RAW on import. LR will also apply the in camera crop, so if you were shooting square you get a full RAW with a square crop in LR.. So best of both worlds.
10:10 you can even set Lightroom to apply whatever profile you selected in-camera (just change to 'Camera Default' instead of 'Adobe Default' in your import settings)
Learnt a lot from this, thanks! I definitely preferred all the Provia jpegs from the Fuji than the edited RAW; they just look more natural. However, in very high contrast situations, shoot RAW. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I almost always shoot JPEGs, and I'm almost never disappointed. They provide me with enough editing latitude to get to pretty much where I want to be. Also I hate editing:P.
I shoot joeg and raw on my x100v and depending on the shot I'll decide which I use later on I do think the recoies make a big difference and if you have the right recipe it's awesome
I like to shoot RAW+JPEG with my Fuji xt4. The reasoning being, especially since it's mirrorless, I have a copy of what I saw through the viewfinder that I can then reference when I'm editing the image. Plus, most of the images I don't want to spend time editing end up looking nice enough to post to social media especially with the Fuji film simulation setting.
Really enjoy your videos James. From my own perspective, I lack the knowledge and confidence with editing RAW photos, I do shoot both and look forward to investing time in learning the editing art!!
Done a job recently of a barbershop on an xpro2, shot standard jpeg (cause I also don't like the film sims...) and then edited those files. Loved the process and the final look. No need for RAW most of the time!
Great video James, pleased to see the X-Pro 3 getting some screen time. It inspired me to try the RAW files on my old X-Pro 1, and today I (thanks to a different video) managed to "unlock" all of the Fuji film simulations in Lightroom. I now have Classic Chrome and Classic Neg etc. available for my old X-Pro 1 RAW files - and very happy with the results! Cheers and keep up the great videos.
You're on fire James. Wish you were around years ago when I was learning, you have a knack for explaining and demonstrating very technical things for anyone to understand.
On X-Pro 3 I have set the back wheel to open up the menu for jpeg profiles (could be used just for selecting film simulation too). It’s really fast and easy to change between them while using the viewfinder.
@3:55 and that's why it is more like our film days - what you snap is what you get, no cheating (or no safety net) - it changes how you take pictures. Or ensures you take photography more seriously.
Maybe it's because I spent so many years (mostly) shooting slide film before digital took over, but I shoot the biggest JPGs exclusively and perform modest edits. The time involved and expense (computer, software, etc) of editing RAW hasn't appealed to me (yet). Perhaps it will eventually.
When I discover a new feature, like Topaz Denoise or DeepPrime in DxO PL, I like to go back and see how it affects old pictures. A lot of those functions work best on RAW, so there are a lot of pictures I’d like to use ‘modern’ processing on and (re)print them, but they were taken before I stopped being stingy and bought larger cards and switched to RAW. Nowadays I see RAW as a form of future proofing and just deal with the increase storage load.
I've had Fuji for a long time but I really like your Ricoh raw edits. Definitely tempted to get it one day. Would like to see a comparison with the Ricoh and the Fuji X100v
Really useful video, thank you. I’ve shot Fuji now for nine years and very often - even in dramatic light - find myself preferring the look and feel of out of camera jpegs, especially for landscape.
Fully agree with you. JPEG&RAW. I am very careful about highlights/shadows, and in the main for social media use JPEG with a click or two. But when I want portfolio shots I will edit the RAW and export to JPEG under a very low compression. But then of course somebody looking at your work, at 2200hrs with True Tone on and the brightness down to 3 will still critique the work as being badly exposed…..
i find as a beginner shooting in jpeg gets you a good idea of what you like shooting (style/colour/object) everything because the picture already looks good for a beginner but once youve found what you like shooting i would switch to raw.
For anyone considering the Ricoh, getting good exposure is aided by the histogram. It's really well implemented (wide and detailed and easy to see, while not obliterating half the scene). At least, it is on my first gen model. I'm a big fan of Ricoh's positive film and dynamic black and white filters. Positive film is quite warm, but I really enjoy it on dull days in the outdoors. I can't get anywhere near the colours it produces when editing RAW (which is my default approach).
Hi James, as a Fuji user I use a combination of Raw and film simulation: I shoot Raw ans jpg as well but with a dedicated film simulation (original Fuji or adapted by myself). During LR import you can choose to use the camera settings inc. film simulation. So you will see a Raw already with the simulation and then you only need a few (depending on your scene) adjustments to get the final Popsys photo. So you can edit your photos but with less effort ...
I personally cared for the jpeg photos the best. More my style I suppose, and I’m colorblind…thank you for that, James! Great shots! One thing I don’t hear anyone talking about when it comes to jpeg vs raw…my local camera shop who also does printing, will only accept jpegs for printing. Just something else to consider….love the channel James, watch all the time.
Interesting point of view. I normally shoot film, black and white. I do use micro 4/3. Olympus. Color. Not my favorite thing to do. I suppose I should use a program to fuss with the images like I do with an enlarger. 😊
Camera hack: Shoot RAW... then process the RAW file in camera during playback. You get to see how each film simulation and adjustment would look for that file.
Do yourself a favor, save a few bucks and grab an old CCD or Super CCD camera and shoot jpeg. 10x Smaller files and edit essentially like RAW files. Minimum 5mp MP act a little differently too.
I shoot RAW+JPEG. With my Nikon cameras, I'm usually happy with the JPEG (with maybe a quick tweak to the exposure), but have the RAW available if I want to do more editing. Doesn't really cost much in terms of storage.
I think it depends what you want. James has a very clear colour style that is much easier to replicate post than in camera consistently across conditions. What I find harder to grasp is using raw to compensate for poor exposure or poor light, which used to be the key to the craft especially for those without access to skilled hand printing. Raw+post isn’t superior and neither is jpeg, it just depends whether you enjoy fiddling with a camera or a computer more.
On the Fuji, if you shoot JPEG+RAW, you can rough "edit" the photo in-camera and have it export new JPEG renderings to the SD card. Useful if you want to adjust your JPEG settings after the shot. I always shoot both, even when I intend to edit the RAW. It allows me to automatically transfer JPEGs to my phone for easy review, fast sharing, and last resort backup copy that automatically syncs to the cloud.
I shoot RAW but tend to apply 'camera landscape' as default in lightroom as they are imported. This is like creating a jpg file in the camera because you don't have to mess with the colours in lightroom much, but you still have a raw if you change your mind.
I like to shoot jpeg and do some light editing through vsco. Both ricoh and fuji. I've always found it frustrating to deal with raw files because it's so slow on my computer.
Try editing in-camera with the Fuji. Shoot raw only then double tap Q to flip it into a jpeg or if it's a real zinger try a few different film sims/recipes. Makes zapping them over to your phone super simple because you can only zap the jpegs so just select all then import.
I think its more about the workflow. I shoot RAW + JPEG (S), the small sized JPEGs will be uploaded to my phone via an SD card reader (could be with me anytime), while the RAW would sit in my hard drives and edit them when I feel like it. Edit: I also think getting the settings as good as possible in camera is necessary (slight underexposure is still perfectly fine), then you could make some minor edits on the iPhone's default editing app afterwards. For major edits like +1-2EVs or 1000K WB differences, editing RAW would still be the way to go. For client shoots, delivering great JPEGs for photo selection is also a good idea.
Since switching to a Fujifilm I still shoot raw but simply select one of the ‘camera matching’ simulations in Lightroom, maybe very slightly adjust highlights and shadows and editing done in a couple of clicks. The process is far easier and my images seem better. The Fujifilm colours are pretty amazing I think 📷👍
Good topic. Since entering the RAW world, I have no desire to shoot otherwise. I do love that Photoshop gives you a RAW filter to work with jpegs and work on weak areas. I have all my old film photos scanned and the results are amazing.
I bought the X100V 2 month before and the film simulation is amazing with this cam and the jpeg locks very great. Same with iso3200. For instagram enough. But shoot jpeg and raw to have a option to get out more of the image if i want.
With a busy career and busy life (in general) with a lot of interests.. and family/social demands... about the last thing I want to be doing in my free time is staring at some image editing program, so I'm jpg-only and try like hell to get it as good as possible right out of the camera. Also why I still stubbornly stick with low MP cameras (Nikon D300 and Lumix G85) as too many MPs, imho, lead to compositional laziness with the thought cropping in post... no thanks. I don't need that temptation. And yes, well said James, jpegs are not terrible at all.
Very glad youre incorporating Fujifilm cameras and shooting JPEG into your videos. Happy owner of several Fujifilm cameras. Maybe you can work on developing your own custom film simulation / recipe to share with us.
Shooting only jpg from time to time is helpful to learn how to review pictures and settings while shooting on location. I did one year of jpg only when I got Fuji X100T and my photography improved a lot. I still do that for fun, but I also learned how to have great jpgs on Canon.
As a Fuji shooter I constantly use JPG + RAW and I actually love the film recipies. I often prepare a few recipies, besides my favorites, when I go out shooting depending on the conditions/style I'm aiming at. I mostly use them for sort of an inspiration to work on my RAW later. I often cycle between a few profiles when taking a shot to see how it would look like with different edits and make adjustments right there in the field. I can check whether a photo I'm taking will work for the style that I want to capture by just applying the right recipie and seeing if it has any potential or not. I know that maybe many of you, who more advanced in editing department than me, can imagine the end result vividly when you press the shutter. But to me it is a great help to have it visualized before I even start to edit. I never use the JPGs in the final editing though, but if it turns out very well to my taste I copy the style with edits and make even better fine adjustments on my RAWs. Oh and tip for Fuji JPG shooters - for those of you that use the histogram to protect your exposure (I do) it will only protect your RAW exposure, it is based on the sensor readings not currently selected film simulation. So after applying various film simulations your highlights/blacks might end up beeing crushed anyway. You can even see this effect in action by playing around with camera color profiles in lightroom yourself.
Personally, I like when cameras have good in camera jpeg processing, but not for actually utilizing the JPEGs. Rather, I like to just to be able to better visualize the end result in the viewfinder. I find it much more satisfying an experience to be able to look through the viewfinder/back screen and see something that is already pretty close to the edit i'll want to do rather than the dull colors that you'd often see otherwise. Also, nice when you take a photo of someone and they immediately want to see the result so you can show them something a bit closer to what you were imagining when taking the photo.
Nowadays I always shoot jpeg + RAW purely because I can set the aspect ratio and the color profile and see what I want to get before I take the shot and then I use that jpeg as a reference to remind me what I had in mind when I shot the image. I never process my images straight after taking them. I tend to load them onto my computer and let them sit there for a week or two or a month or two 😂before I work on a bunch of images at once. The computer side of things doesn't really excite me as you can probably tell and these days I don't need to rush to process images for anyone anymore so I just suit myself. If I was still working with my images then I wouldn't need to shoot both as I'd process them probably the same day as I shot them so I'd just shoot RAW.
James, set the rear display to show the "film simulation". Then program the button next to the "Q" button to select film simulation. Now any time you want to change the film simulation, press the button and toggle up or down with the joy stick. No more flipping the screen up and down..
The reasoning you gave is exactly why I shoot jpeg+raw. I’d say about 1/10 of the images are worth keeping as a raw file for possible further editing / publishing. In 9/10 cases they are nice memories to have but nothing I’d consider publishing.
was your "edits from raw" supposed to be an example of how you can blast up the exposure and make everything super bright or just be a "better" edit to your eye?
I've had a Fuji X100V for a couple of years, and I think I've used a film sim jpeg as my final image maybe a handful of times. I shoot jpeg and raw, just for the sake of redundancy. But I only ever use the film sims as an inspiration for future raw edits my own style. I think that if you're comfortable with what the sims bake in, there's nothing wrong with shooting jpegs. I just like having the ability to come back to an image at a later date and do something completely different with it. Edit: Also, high capacity memory cards are dirt cheap these days.
I shoot raw… During the import to Lightroom process I apply a preset. So my images in LR are preprocessed pretty much the same as the in camera jpeg. (It is possible to use “Camera settings” Profile or indeed any other preset you might want to use. ) However I can reset all the settings should I so wish and re-process the RAW file from scratch. This is all simple to set up in LR preferences. It seems, for me at least, to give the best of both worlds.
Strange I have never shot Raw because I only use a basic editing program that does not open Raw up! but my pictures are going nowhere so whats the point! I still print a few of them though, however I can understand why people do shoot Raw.......Thank you for your thoughts on this topic.
Nikon's firmware allows you to apply "jpeg processing" to raw images after shooting from the retouch menu, so you can choose your look after the moment has passed (or apply multiple and compare). You can also upload custom jpeg profiles to the camera. I can't say i've ever needed it, but it's good to know it exists. Its also worth noting that on many cameras shooting jpeg can significantly increase the ready to shoot cycle time while to does the processing. This can be made worse when using raw+jpeg on a slow sd card
James buy a Nikon D200 and shoot jpeg. Olympus E-1 and Fuji S1 Pro are other options. The problem with modern jpegs is the CMOS sensors missing colors.
James, some of this film sims (as standard), whilst can look muddy with standard exposure, I find some are best shot 1 stop over and it cleans them up nicely.
Curious. Your first picture comparison of classic chrome vs your edit and I liked the cc look far more. It has a painterly quality. A little like a watercolour. . I too prefer to edit raw files and I never use classic chrome as a starting point with my Fujifilm cameras but now I feel like a reappraisal is in order on several of the “looks” available in Lightroom etc (except sepia. Ugh sepia!). Yeah, I wasn’t expecting that.
I shoot RAW+jpeg on my Fujifilm X100F whenI use it as my primary travel camera. I've set some custom recipies and love having the results without having to sit at a computer editing (I do enough of that with my job!). It is nice to have the RAW files however, just in case the scene requires it (or I got my settings wrong!). A question for James (and anyone else here) is that whilst I love my X100F I would love somehting with a bit more to it (image quality, weather sealing etc). I have looked at the X100V but am currently leaning towards the X-Pro3, as it seems to have everything I want in the X100V but with interchangable lenses. So my question is.. Is the X-Pro3 a good upgrade from the X100F over the X100V? And what lenses do you use/recommend for travel/street photography? Many thanks to anyone who answers/helps 🙂
Cool video ... let me throw my 2 cents in. I am always shooting to raw .. absolutely always when I am shooting landscapes .. but then I've bough a fujifilm x100f and I've found that for some genres the jpeg doesn't hurt .. I was playing with that fujifilm x-raw studio but it turned out to be so molestatory slow and torturous to use that in the end I just stick with jpgs from my fuji and sometimes I do little edits (typically just improving contrast a bit with curves and sometimes bit with colors with L*a*b tool) .. ofc that sometimes I enable a raw in my x100f (I have it really disabled mostly) but I've found some weird liking in shooting JPGs with Fuji (I use CC 95% of time and Acros R in the rest, I don't use any other profiles)
How do you feel about the 40mm focal length? I couldn’t get along with it.. it never felt wide enough. More often than it didn’t feel tight enough. However 35mm sometimes feels too wide, but not wide enough, however I love 35mm more than 40, weirdly.
Great video as always James! Didn't know about the profile selection in Lightroom! what a hidden gem. Quick question please, when you are out with your family for the day and you take your camera with you, roughly how many shots do you take? I feel like I annoy my wife and young son bit.
With Fuji, I NEVER touch the in camera clarity. The camera takes a second or 2 to store the image, which takes time away from shooting. it’s extremely annoying.
Some manufacturers overcooked the sooc photos. Fuji imho does a nice job even without tinkering with the jpeg's. Sony otoh has a look not so much to my likings. Shoot RAW & jpeg no worries.
I think once more cameras move over to HEIC, it’ll have all the conveniences of jpeg but with the power of a RAW file most amateurs or hobbyists will need. I’d love to see a video where you buy or rent a camera with the HEIC option and you do this video again. Would like to see your opinion, as I am really interested in dropping working on RAWs altogether so I can edit smaller images sizes on my phone and iPad when I’m out and about so I don’t need to wait for a laptop or desktop to do more of the heavy editing.
@@josephoutdoors Wikipedia has some info, not too much around yet. I am thinking similar to you about convenience, but expecting/hoping for the shift to jpegxl. Both options would be good for photographers.
I think if you're good about your exposures, like you don't need to adjust exposure and brightness too much in post, JPEG is perfectly fine. RAW will always give you more flexibility but I know quite a few people who shoot OOC JPEGs simply because it's faster and they're really good about getting it right out of the camera as much as they can and minimizing the need for post processing. I mean I shoot RAW+JPEG, so if I need to give someone a picture quickly (and the photo doesn't really need much editing or it can stand on its own out of camera) then I may just give them the OOC JPEG (but I will always keep a RAW file too just in case for later, but I usually only find myself needing to give OOC JPEGs to family and friends, and so post processing for them is usually not needed unless it's maybe a family portrait or something like that).
I find that i set up some *really good* recipes for my film simulation on the fuji, and the dynamic range I get in my final jpg is exactly what I want. I find the way the film simulation handles colour and texture is much nicer then lightroom or darkroom apps on the computer. The edit of the raw has always just ended up feeling lifeless. Even compared to *matching the profile* in lightroom. I can't seem to get the raw images to match what the jpgs have, and I've just given up on raw.
Can’t speak for Ricoh files, but in Capture One you have access to all of the Fuji film simulations that are available on the particular camera that the image was taken on. It remembers whatever profile you had chosen and automatically applies it to the RAW. It also allows you to switch to other various film simulations if you want to see what the image looks like with a different profile. Of course, it also allows you to just have the blank RAW if you’d like to do your own editing. If I’m not mistaken,l though, there are some things that are baked into the RAW, such as if you had your dynamic range at 400, or if you had added grain, etc.… that’s why you have to be careful if you’re using a film simulation from some thing like Fuji X weekly. A lot of those are pretty heavy handed with the effects. Anyway, just wanted to throw in the fact that you can also apply this simulations to the RAW images, not just the JPEGs. Thanks for another great video, James! Cheers!
I rarely edit RAW anymore since I switched to Fuji. I do shoot RAW+JPG, but rarely touch the RAW. Used to love doing editing - and spent ages doing so when I shot Canon and Sony.
yeah the big thing is that the default film simulations are only a base you build the recipe on top of and make a real simulation. Just selecting one on the camera isn't going to match what you want, and he could have gotten pretty close to his raw edits with the in camera settings on the fuji. I think that running with both cameras means he doesn't really have the time to focus on one of them deeply.
Yeah, my experiene tooo basically. 90% JPG, 10% Raw
@@benbunch4159 The problem with the Fuji film simulations in Lightroom is that they just don't match what you get in the camera - they're close but not as good - Fuji don't share the recipes with Adobe. I shoot RAW and JPEG and use the JPEG if possible, but if not I have the RAW to fall back on.
@Phillip Banes Huh! Nonsense!
@@benbunch4159 I'll say it again. I shoot Raw+Jpg, 90% of the time, I don't even touch the raw. It's a WAY faster workflow. Maybe shooting lanscape, those 2 cliks don't amount to a lot. But shooting events, other thousand of photos. way faster to go with JPGs. And when something is not right, still got the raw to tweak that 10% of the time...
JPEGs were never terrible, so no, they are not still terrible. Editing RAWs is clearly superior, but JPEGs offer a wonderfully simple workflow for those of us who would prefer to edit as little as possible!
Jpegs are terrible in my eyes, simply because the heic format exists now. It compresses files more efficiently while keeping more detail in the image
@Phillip Banes sometimes you don’t want to mess with it.
Exactly! Nobody recommends shooting JPEGs with the goal to edit them later
Generally I agree, but you could make the argument that early digital didn't have very nice s-curves (no highlight roll-off to speak of) and with jpeg that was baked in. Still, you could expose for it
You can shot RAW and then use the auto setting of Lightroom or your self defined preset. Same simple workflow, but more material to work with when you need it.
I started out shooting raw+jpeg because so many people said you have to shoot raw but I realised after a while that the perks of shooting raw are useless to me because I hate editing and find it incredibly boring so now I shoot jpeg and that works great for me.
Me too!
Same I hate editing but its better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it... so I also shoot raw + jpeg by default.
Thanks!
I’ve been shooting like this now for 5 years. Have not missed editing one bit. And I find the challenge of getting it done without manipulation really enjoyable. Doesn’t always make life easy, but it’s refreshed my view of photography and reinvigorated my love for it.
Like you I find it more satisfying to GET IT RIGHT in camera. To me those who use a computer to get the photo correct are not photographers but computer editors.
@@hanzkilian1806 Well, while i understand your point, "getting it right" can be subjective. There are different styles and some just need editing in post to be achieved.
Fuji does jpegs really well and they can get the job done, but for certain artistic purposes, editing is sometimes the only way to hit the spot.
Ever since I've had digital cameras, I've always shot RAW + jpeg at the same time. It's often easier to review images quickly from the jpegs, and then delving into the RAW files to produce final versions. I spent much of my working life shooting images for instant consumption at functions/church fairs etc, and jpeg is really the only way to go in those circumstances.
All really nice photos: maybe it's just my personal taste but I prefer the jpg versions of your images (but then I tend to use the film simulations in my X-Pro2 so it's what I'm used to). I normally shoot jpeg + RAW onto different cards so if I want to mess around more with an image I'll fish out the RAW.
I’m a Fuji shooter. I love the idea, and I have really tried to shoot JPG by tweaking the settings, I have tested a whole lot of recipes, but I always end up going back to raw. In the right conditions, the jpg´s look great, but then you turn around, and you should have used another recipe, or the highlights are burnt out or something. I find it better to tweak the raw files afterwards.
Same! As much as I love the film sims, there have been moments in which I regreted just having the jpg. On the other hand, every now and then its a nice and fun "challenge" sticking to one film sim only.
Although I rarely use the RAW file from my Fuji, I shoot RAW + JPG. Always best to have the negative just in case.
Yes and that’s what all those guys don’t get, most of them would never just blindly put one preset on all the photos and call it a day but because it’s „film simulations“ and they feel fancy or elite cause of using Fujis hipster hype cameras it’s suddenly the better way 🤦🏻♂️
Not sure if it's RUclips or watching back on TV/Laptop, but the jpegs seem much cleaner than your raw edits, the edits looked overexposed, not sure if I'm the only one seeing it that way or if it's just my preference. Thanks for the video though, always appreciate your content!
I had the exact same thought, the edits often look overexposed. There has to be an explanation though because no way would he approve of that exposure if he saw it the way i'm seeing it.
James likes the high key style, which some people may find look over-exposed. It’s a matter of taste.
Agree the raw edits look entirely over done both in terms of color and exposure
Yeah--the only accurate forecast is looking out the window (though obviously not long-term)!
Re RAW v. JPG, as Ansel said, "you don't take a photograph, you make it" (and I agree that editing is not only fun but an integral part of the photographic process). As you say, starting with a RAW gives you much more flexibility. I only edit on my PC with a calibrated Benq 32" 4K monitor--for me, smaller screens (especially an EVF) represent a compromise. Re film simulation, that's best handled in post and you can't do better than DxO (especially if you get FilmPack Elite, although PL and Nik include a lot of great film emulations as well). You not only get beaucoup accurate emulsion simulations (including Fuji) but you can easily tweak them to get exactly the look you want. I shoot RAW + JPG (only editing the RAWs) and although most of the JPGs look fine, the difference between good and great is in the details and it's simply not possible to get the same results from a JPG in most cases. JPGs are also like farming out your film to get it developed/printed--nobody else knows what I saw/felt when I got that shot so nobody else is qualified to interpret that (especially someone from a camera company making a "creative" preset).
BtW, I love how you didn't remove the poop bag behind the tree from the image @7:51 (I'd have shot a detail making more obvious the laziness/thoughtlessness of whom ever left it there, just steps from what appears to be a receptacle--a microcosmic view of humanity).
Haven’t been recommended your videos in months. Glad to see YT putting you back in my feed.
Like many have mentioned, I usually shoot jpeg+RAW with my FujiFilm X100V to give me the best of both worlds. I find that a good portion of the time I just use the jpeg with minor edits, but I like having the RAW when I'd like to edit a bit further.
I started shooting jpegs only about 6 years ago, I was surprised how flexible the files were if you were intending to go for the natural reality look.
I think most photographers who aren't trying to do a big colour grade like spring for autumn, or orange and teal, can get by happily with jpegs.
The only caveat being, you have to shoot for the natural end result in camera. If you bake in some trendy style like an incorrect white balance for effect, you are limited in how much you can do about it.
I know that a lot of people have more fun editing than shooting, but I do think this straight out fi camera jpeg style is a great way to generally improve your eye for finding a scene in the moment though.
I very much agree with your last point. I appreciate having learned from editing software how to use the settings and make most of the available light. But what I gain from being in the moment and firing away cannot be compensated by any post processing!
Yep, if you're going for a fairly natural image, there's no substitute for decent composition and light.
Enjoyed the video as always James. To my untrained eye the difference from the jpegs and your raw edited version would seem that the colours in the raw version are ‘brighter’ or are more vibrant. With regard to the x-pro 3 could I suggest you check out a fellow RUclipsr, Goughie, (Leica & Fuji) and his own personal film simulation based on Astia.
I have also found using the ‘pop’ preset in Snapseed in many cases adds that extra bit of vibrancy, to this simulation, that I like.
@@johns.3169 I'd be surprised if the jpeg journey continued for a couple reasons:
1. He has his own style and his raw image always looked better and more consistent to that than the jpegs.
2. Man likes his lightroom time.
He mentioned a muddiness about the other film simulations too, which would rule out Astia. Plus, his GR Edit always looked a bit closer to the Provia from the Fujifilm. So I can see why he prefers Standard.
Although, I would like him to elaborate on the muddiness he sees. I don't see it, so I feel I need to be enlightened, and figure out how to avoid it.
Hey, what's up? I just wanted to swing by and give you a huge shoutout for your latest video - it was seriously awesome and so helpful! Your content is always spot-on, and I love how you share your knowledge with us all.
Sending sunny greetings all the way from Spain! Wishing you a fantastic day and just wanted to let you know that your hard work and dedication definitely doesn't go unnoticed. Keep crushing it!
Honestly I thought the sooc jpegs looked great! But to your point, if you shoot raw and just select the corresponding profile, you get very similar results but with more leeway to edit. This video just makes me want a fuji even more lol.
Good video as usual. But I did miss one important reason why JPG alone is not wise: the ability to 'go back' and make different edits of your image. In our line of work (weddings) we make 'normal' edits but also the carefully adjusted b/w conversions, sometimes couples want a very specific edit (cinematic, aged, whatever) of a few images and you simply can't do that properly if all you have is the JPG. You need the RAW.
So yes, while in some cases a JPG might be sufficient, it's just a very good idea to have the RAW file as well for "just in case...".
Taking up "so much room" on your memory cards? Nah. Cards are cheap these days and a 40 euro card will keep you busy in JPG and RAW all day, easily. We shoot thousands of images on a wedding day using maybe 2 128GB cards per camera (well, times 2 of course, since we use dual slot bodies)
James, when switching film simulations with the screen closed you can program the blank button just above your “Q” button to be your custom setting selector. Then using the rear facing dial you can scroll between C1-C7.
Another trick is to put your film simulations in the top left of your Q menu so that when you select the Q button while keeping the screen closed it defaults to that space which then you can use the slider to select your sim.
Just found your channel a few days ago and after watching this video, I’m a subscriber. Love how you can give the viewer a good chuckle in all of your videos!
I especially love how you included an actual view of how much more detail the RAW file includes. The complete opposite of when you tell a Facebook group you shoot JPEG 🤣
Fantastic video and look forward to seeing more content from ya!
You can apply the settings on the import screen also. I shoot RAW + Small JPEG... mainly because if I want to share something quick on social media... I have a have an image that will work in that small form factor..... BUT... the important thing is that the import defaults to whatever the picture profile the camera was on when it took the photo (the setting is Develop Settings in Lightroom and on mine it is defaulted to Camera Settings). I often shoot in Black and White (it's a good learning tool because it can help you focus on composition rather than be distracted by color) and I sometimes forget to make them not B&W when importing...
One of the things I like the most about Fujifilm cameras is that you can select different dynamic ranges. Most of the time I shoot DR 100% but sometimes using 200%, 400% or even just going for Auto can really help a photo come to life.
With the fuji, if you shoot RAW+JPG then you can set LR to automatically apply the film simulation you chose in camera to the RAW on import. LR will also apply the in camera crop, so if you were shooting square you get a full RAW with a square crop in LR.. So best of both worlds.
Very useful for A/Bing and having a reference point for your edit, yeah
Unfortunately I'm also chiming in to say I preferred the JPG files here. The raw edits looked overexposed
10:10 you can even set Lightroom to apply whatever profile you selected in-camera (just change to 'Camera Default' instead of 'Adobe Default' in your import settings)
Learnt a lot from this, thanks! I definitely preferred all the Provia jpegs from the Fuji than the edited RAW; they just look more natural. However, in very high contrast situations, shoot RAW. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You can shoot HDR images in camera using Fuji. You need to set electric shutter in order to be able to do this without a tripod.
I almost always shoot JPEGs, and I'm almost never disappointed. They provide me with enough editing latitude to get to pretty much where I want to be. Also I hate editing:P.
@Phillip Banes import preset?
@Phillip Banes oooo yes, I have that on snapseed
I shoot joeg and raw on my x100v and depending on the shot I'll decide which I use later on I do think the recoies make a big difference and if you have the right recipe it's awesome
I like to shoot RAW+JPEG with my Fuji xt4. The reasoning being, especially since it's mirrorless, I have a copy of what I saw through the viewfinder that I can then reference when I'm editing the image. Plus, most of the images I don't want to spend time editing end up looking nice enough to post to social media especially with the Fuji film simulation setting.
Really enjoy your videos James. From my own perspective, I lack the knowledge and confidence with editing RAW photos, I do shoot both and look forward to investing time in learning the editing art!!
Done a job recently of a barbershop on an xpro2, shot standard jpeg (cause I also don't like the film sims...) and then edited those files. Loved the process and the final look. No need for RAW most of the time!
Great video James, pleased to see the X-Pro 3 getting some screen time. It inspired me to try the RAW files on my old X-Pro 1, and today I (thanks to a different video) managed to "unlock" all of the Fuji film simulations in Lightroom. I now have Classic Chrome and Classic Neg etc. available for my old X-Pro 1 RAW files - and very happy with the results! Cheers and keep up the great videos.
love the videos james, i am just beginning my journey in turning my digital photos into prints. wishing you the best
You're on fire James. Wish you were around years ago when I was learning, you have a knack for explaining and demonstrating very technical things for anyone to understand.
Great video! Such a beautiful location!
Thanks James - informative and enjoyable video and very helpful.
On X-Pro 3 I have set the back wheel to open up the menu for jpeg profiles (could be used just for selecting film simulation too). It’s really fast and easy to change between them while using the viewfinder.
@3:55 and that's why it is more like our film days - what you snap is what you get, no cheating (or no safety net) - it changes how you take pictures.
Or ensures you take photography more seriously.
Maybe it's because I spent so many years (mostly) shooting slide film before digital took over, but I shoot the biggest JPGs exclusively and perform modest edits. The time involved and expense (computer, software, etc) of editing RAW hasn't appealed to me (yet). Perhaps it will eventually.
When I discover a new feature, like Topaz Denoise or DeepPrime in DxO PL, I like to go back and see how it affects old pictures. A lot of those functions work best on RAW, so there are a lot of pictures I’d like to use ‘modern’ processing on and (re)print them, but they were taken before I stopped being stingy and bought larger cards and switched to RAW. Nowadays I see RAW as a form of future proofing and just deal with the increase storage load.
I've had Fuji for a long time but I really like your Ricoh raw edits. Definitely tempted to get it one day. Would like to see a comparison with the Ricoh and the Fuji X100v
Really useful video, thank you. I’ve shot Fuji now for nine years and very often - even in dramatic light - find myself preferring the look and feel of out of camera jpegs, especially for landscape.
Well presented and solid, fair, mature advice.
Fully agree with you. JPEG&RAW. I am very careful about highlights/shadows, and in the main for social media use JPEG with a click or two. But when I want portfolio shots I will edit the RAW and export to JPEG under a very low compression. But then of course somebody looking at your work, at 2200hrs with True Tone on and the brightness down to 3 will still critique the work as being badly exposed…..
i find as a beginner shooting in jpeg gets you a good idea of what you like shooting (style/colour/object) everything because the picture already looks good for a beginner but once youve found what you like shooting i would switch to raw.
For anyone considering the Ricoh, getting good exposure is aided by the histogram. It's really well implemented (wide and detailed and easy to see, while not obliterating half the scene). At least, it is on my first gen model.
I'm a big fan of Ricoh's positive film and dynamic black and white filters.
Positive film is quite warm, but I really enjoy it on dull days in the outdoors. I can't get anywhere near the colours it produces when editing RAW (which is my default approach).
Hi James, as a Fuji user I use a combination of Raw and film simulation: I shoot Raw ans jpg as well but with a dedicated film simulation (original Fuji or adapted by myself). During LR import you can choose to use the camera settings inc. film simulation. So you will see a Raw already with the simulation and then you only need a few (depending on your scene) adjustments to get the final Popsys photo. So you can edit your photos but with less effort ...
I personally cared for the jpeg photos the best. More my style I suppose, and I’m colorblind…thank you for that, James! Great shots!
One thing I don’t hear anyone talking about when it comes to jpeg vs raw…my local camera shop who also does printing, will only accept jpegs for printing. Just something else to consider….love the channel James, watch all the time.
Totally agree. Great video as usual!
Interesting point of view. I normally shoot film, black and white. I do use micro 4/3. Olympus. Color. Not my favorite thing to do. I suppose I should use a program to fuss with the images like I do with an enlarger. 😊
Camera hack: Shoot RAW... then process the RAW file in camera during playback. You get to see how each film simulation and adjustment would look for that file.
There’s also X Raw Studio to see results on the computer and experiment with different settings
And if you don't like Editing? Full frame CCD digicams are not a thing yet... and never will be ... sadly :')
Do yourself a favor, save a few bucks and grab an old CCD or Super CCD camera and shoot jpeg.
10x Smaller files and edit essentially like RAW files. Minimum 5mp
MP act a little differently too.
@@N1K_MKII What about the Pentax 645D? Medium Format CCD digital sensor glory right there. 😍
Hack? 😆😆😆😆
Great looking location, lovely shots
I shoot RAW+JPEG. With my Nikon cameras, I'm usually happy with the JPEG (with maybe a quick tweak to the exposure), but have the RAW available if I want to do more editing. Doesn't really cost much in terms of storage.
Great video, the comparison of the same image jpg V raw. Really brings home why you shoot in Raw. I always shoot both, best of both worlds.
I really enjoyed this video, it feels like classic Popsys to me.
I think it depends what you want. James has a very clear colour style that is much easier to replicate post than in camera consistently across conditions. What I find harder to grasp is using raw to compensate for poor exposure or poor light, which used to be the key to the craft especially for those without access to skilled hand printing. Raw+post isn’t superior and neither is jpeg, it just depends whether you enjoy fiddling with a camera or a computer more.
On the Fuji, if you shoot JPEG+RAW, you can rough "edit" the photo in-camera and have it export new JPEG renderings to the SD card. Useful if you want to adjust your JPEG settings after the shot.
I always shoot both, even when I intend to edit the RAW. It allows me to automatically transfer JPEGs to my phone for easy review, fast sharing, and last resort backup copy that automatically syncs to the cloud.
I shoot RAW but tend to apply 'camera landscape' as default in lightroom as they are imported. This is like creating a jpg file in the camera because you don't have to mess with the colours in lightroom much, but you still have a raw if you change your mind.
I like to shoot jpeg and do some light editing through vsco. Both ricoh and fuji. I've always found it frustrating to deal with raw files because it's so slow on my computer.
Try editing in-camera with the Fuji. Shoot raw only then double tap Q to flip it into a jpeg or if it's a real zinger try a few different film sims/recipes. Makes zapping them over to your phone super simple because you can only zap the jpegs so just select all then import.
I think its more about the workflow. I shoot RAW + JPEG (S), the small sized JPEGs will be uploaded to my phone via an SD card reader (could be with me anytime), while the RAW would sit in my hard drives and edit them when I feel like it.
Edit: I also think getting the settings as good as possible in camera is necessary (slight underexposure is still perfectly fine), then you could make some minor edits on the iPhone's default editing app afterwards. For major edits like +1-2EVs or 1000K WB differences, editing RAW would still be the way to go.
For client shoots, delivering great JPEGs for photo selection is also a good idea.
Since switching to a Fujifilm I still shoot raw but simply select one of the ‘camera matching’ simulations in Lightroom, maybe very slightly adjust highlights and shadows and editing done in a couple of clicks. The process is far easier and my images seem better. The Fujifilm colours are pretty amazing I think 📷👍
Good topic. Since entering the RAW world, I have no desire to shoot otherwise. I do love that Photoshop gives you a RAW filter to work with jpegs and work on weak areas. I have all my old film photos scanned and the results are amazing.
I bought the X100V 2 month before and the film simulation is amazing with this cam and the jpeg locks very great. Same with iso3200. For instagram enough. But shoot jpeg and raw to have a option to get out more of the image if i want.
With a busy career and busy life (in general) with a lot of interests.. and family/social demands... about the last thing I want to be doing in my free time is staring at some image editing program, so I'm jpg-only and try like hell to get it as good as possible right out of the camera. Also why I still stubbornly stick with low MP cameras (Nikon D300 and Lumix G85) as too many MPs, imho, lead to compositional laziness with the thought cropping in post... no thanks. I don't need that temptation. And yes, well said James, jpegs are not terrible at all.
Interesting thanks. Yes, more on image quality and what it is as you mentioned would be good
Very glad youre incorporating Fujifilm cameras and shooting JPEG into your videos. Happy owner of several Fujifilm cameras. Maybe you can work on developing your own custom film simulation / recipe to share with us.
Shooting only jpg from time to time is helpful to learn how to review pictures and settings while shooting on location. I did one year of jpg only when I got Fuji X100T and my photography improved a lot. I still do that for fun, but I also learned how to have great jpgs on Canon.
As a Fuji shooter I constantly use JPG + RAW and I actually love the film recipies. I often prepare a few recipies, besides my favorites, when I go out shooting depending on the conditions/style I'm aiming at. I mostly use them for sort of an inspiration to work on my RAW later. I often cycle between a few profiles when taking a shot to see how it would look like with different edits and make adjustments right there in the field. I can check whether a photo I'm taking will work for the style that I want to capture by just applying the right recipie and seeing if it has any potential or not. I know that maybe many of you, who more advanced in editing department than me, can imagine the end result vividly when you press the shutter. But to me it is a great help to have it visualized before I even start to edit. I never use the JPGs in the final editing though, but if it turns out very well to my taste I copy the style with edits and make even better fine adjustments on my RAWs.
Oh and tip for Fuji JPG shooters - for those of you that use the histogram to protect your exposure (I do) it will only protect your RAW exposure, it is based on the sensor readings not currently selected film simulation. So after applying various film simulations your highlights/blacks might end up beeing crushed anyway. You can even see this effect in action by playing around with camera color profiles in lightroom yourself.
Personally, I like when cameras have good in camera jpeg processing, but not for actually utilizing the JPEGs. Rather, I like to just to be able to better visualize the end result in the viewfinder. I find it much more satisfying an experience to be able to look through the viewfinder/back screen and see something that is already pretty close to the edit i'll want to do rather than the dull colors that you'd often see otherwise. Also, nice when you take a photo of someone and they immediately want to see the result so you can show them something a bit closer to what you were imagining when taking the photo.
Man, I love your composition with okd/unique buildings and natural elements
Nowadays I always shoot jpeg + RAW purely because I can set the aspect ratio and the color profile and see what I want to get before I take the shot and then I use that jpeg as a reference to remind me what I had in mind when I shot the image. I never process my images straight after taking them. I tend to load them onto my computer and let them sit there for a week or two or a month or two 😂before I work on a bunch of images at once. The computer side of things doesn't really excite me as you can probably tell and these days I don't need to rush to process images for anyone anymore so I just suit myself. If I was still working with my images then I wouldn't need to shoot both as I'd process them probably the same day as I shot them so I'd just shoot RAW.
James, set the rear display to show the "film simulation". Then program the button next to the "Q" button to select film simulation.
Now any time you want to change the film simulation, press the button and toggle up or down with the joy stick.
No more flipping the screen up and down..
Good video. Good advice.
What camera strap were you using? Looks fantastic !
The reasoning you gave is exactly why I shoot jpeg+raw. I’d say about 1/10 of the images are worth keeping as a raw file for possible further editing / publishing. In 9/10 cases they are nice memories to have but nothing I’d consider publishing.
Great video as always. Can we have an iPhone comparison also please?
I think there is merit in the jpegs and in your raw edits. This is a very interesting video-thanks for making it!
was your "edits from raw" supposed to be an example of how you can blast up the exposure and make everything super bright or just be a "better" edit to your eye?
I've had a Fuji X100V for a couple of years, and I think I've used a film sim jpeg as my final image maybe a handful of times. I shoot jpeg and raw, just for the sake of redundancy. But I only ever use the film sims as an inspiration for future raw edits my own style.
I think that if you're comfortable with what the sims bake in, there's nothing wrong with shooting jpegs. I just like having the ability to come back to an image at a later date and do something completely different with it.
Edit: Also, high capacity memory cards are dirt cheap these days.
I shoot raw… During the import to Lightroom process I apply a preset. So my images in LR are preprocessed pretty much the same as the in camera jpeg. (It is possible to use “Camera settings” Profile or indeed any other preset you might want to use. ) However I can reset all the settings should I so wish and re-process the RAW file from scratch. This is all simple to set up in LR preferences. It seems, for me at least, to give the best of both worlds.
Strange I have never shot Raw because I only use a basic editing program that does not open Raw up! but my pictures are going nowhere so whats the point! I still print a few of them though, however I can understand why people do shoot Raw.......Thank you for your thoughts on this topic.
The Ricoh seems like a great camera. There is the WG industrial version (weather sealed, drop resistant) is but I think had a 1" sensor
The WG is the tough adventure camera, the industrial one is the G900SE but I think both cameras are 1/2.3 sensors unfortunately.
it depends really, i feel like Jpegs out of my fw 1.0 Sony RX1R looks better than the one out of a Sony A7iii i tried a couple days ago.
Nikon's firmware allows you to apply "jpeg processing" to raw images after shooting from the retouch menu, so you can choose your look after the moment has passed (or apply multiple and compare). You can also upload custom jpeg profiles to the camera. I can't say i've ever needed it, but it's good to know it exists.
Its also worth noting that on many cameras shooting jpeg can significantly increase the ready to shoot cycle time while to does the processing. This can be made worse when using raw+jpeg on a slow sd card
James buy a Nikon D200 and shoot jpeg. Olympus E-1 and Fuji S1 Pro are other options.
The problem with modern jpegs is the CMOS sensors missing colors.
James, some of this film sims (as standard), whilst can look muddy with standard exposure, I find some are best shot 1 stop over and it cleans them up nicely.
Hey mate, where would I go about finding those profiles for the two click method?
Curious. Your first picture comparison of classic chrome vs your edit and I liked the cc look far more. It has a painterly quality. A little like a watercolour. . I too prefer to edit raw files and I never use classic chrome as a starting point with my Fujifilm cameras but now I feel like a reappraisal is in order on several of the “looks” available in Lightroom etc (except sepia. Ugh sepia!). Yeah, I wasn’t expecting that.
I shoot RAW+jpeg on my Fujifilm X100F whenI use it as my primary travel camera. I've set some custom recipies and love having the results without having to sit at a computer editing (I do enough of that with my job!). It is nice to have the RAW files however, just in case the scene requires it (or I got my settings wrong!).
A question for James (and anyone else here) is that whilst I love my X100F I would love somehting with a bit more to it (image quality, weather sealing etc). I have looked at the X100V but am currently leaning towards the X-Pro3, as it seems to have everything I want in the X100V but with interchangable lenses. So my question is.. Is the X-Pro3 a good upgrade from the X100F over the X100V? And what lenses do you use/recommend for travel/street photography?
Many thanks to anyone who answers/helps 🙂
Cool video ... let me throw my 2 cents in. I am always shooting to raw .. absolutely always when I am shooting landscapes .. but then I've bough a fujifilm x100f and I've found that for some genres the jpeg doesn't hurt .. I was playing with that fujifilm x-raw studio but it turned out to be so molestatory slow and torturous to use that in the end I just stick with jpgs from my fuji and sometimes I do little edits (typically just improving contrast a bit with curves and sometimes bit with colors with L*a*b tool) .. ofc that sometimes I enable a raw in my x100f (I have it really disabled mostly) but I've found some weird liking in shooting JPGs with Fuji (I use CC 95% of time and Acros R in the rest, I don't use any other profiles)
How do you feel about the 40mm focal length? I couldn’t get along with it.. it never felt wide enough. More often than it didn’t feel tight enough. However 35mm sometimes feels too wide, but not wide enough, however I love 35mm more than 40, weirdly.
Great video as always James! Didn't know about the profile selection in Lightroom! what a hidden gem. Quick question please, when you are out with your family for the day and you take your camera with you, roughly how many shots do you take? I feel like I annoy my wife and young son bit.
With Fuji, I NEVER touch the in camera clarity. The camera takes a second or 2 to store the image, which takes time away from shooting. it’s extremely annoying.
Some manufacturers overcooked the sooc photos. Fuji imho does a nice job even without tinkering with the jpeg's. Sony otoh has a look not so much to my likings. Shoot RAW & jpeg no worries.
I think once more cameras move over to HEIC, it’ll have all the conveniences of jpeg but with the power of a RAW file most amateurs or hobbyists will need.
I’d love to see a video where you buy or rent a camera with the HEIC option and you do this video again. Would like to see your opinion, as I am really interested in dropping working on RAWs altogether so I can edit smaller images sizes on my phone and iPad when I’m out and about so I don’t need to wait for a laptop or desktop to do more of the heavy editing.
The new 24 bit jpegXL is worth researching.
@@RogerBays That’s new to me, I’ll have to check that out. Thanks!
@@josephoutdoors Wikipedia has some info, not too much around yet. I am thinking similar to you about convenience, but expecting/hoping for the shift to jpegxl. Both options would be good for photographers.
I think if you're good about your exposures, like you don't need to adjust exposure and brightness too much in post, JPEG is perfectly fine. RAW will always give you more flexibility but I know quite a few people who shoot OOC JPEGs simply because it's faster and they're really good about getting it right out of the camera as much as they can and minimizing the need for post processing. I mean I shoot RAW+JPEG, so if I need to give someone a picture quickly (and the photo doesn't really need much editing or it can stand on its own out of camera) then I may just give them the OOC JPEG (but I will always keep a RAW file too just in case for later, but I usually only find myself needing to give OOC JPEGs to family and friends, and so post processing for them is usually not needed unless it's maybe a family portrait or something like that).
jpgs for landscape photography? no, ofc not. But for street and docu photography, almost always.
the ricoh had no business in your arsenal that day.
I find that i set up some *really good* recipes for my film simulation on the fuji, and the dynamic range I get in my final jpg is exactly what I want. I find the way the film simulation handles colour and texture is much nicer then lightroom or darkroom apps on the computer. The edit of the raw has always just ended up feeling lifeless. Even compared to *matching the profile* in lightroom. I can't seem to get the raw images to match what the jpgs have, and I've just given up on raw.
Hey James, you should be out with your M-11 and 35mm or 40mm lens. You will really enjoy that. A 28mm Voightlander would be good also!
Can’t speak for Ricoh files, but in Capture One you have access to all of the Fuji film simulations that are available on the particular camera that the image was taken on. It remembers whatever profile you had chosen and automatically applies it to the RAW. It also allows you to switch to other various film simulations if you want to see what the image looks like with a different profile. Of course, it also allows you to just have the blank RAW if you’d like to do your own editing. If I’m not mistaken,l though, there are some things that are baked into the RAW, such as if you had your dynamic range at 400, or if you had added grain, etc.… that’s why you have to be careful if you’re using a film simulation from some thing like Fuji X weekly. A lot of those are pretty heavy handed with the effects. Anyway, just wanted to throw in the fact that you can also apply this simulations to the RAW images, not just the JPEGs. Thanks for another great video, James! Cheers!
When I was shooting digital I always did RAW + JPEG. Nowadays with film it feels so much better