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I appreciate that this is not technically “related to trips”, but photography is such an important part of what I do here that I only had to write this publication. It is mainly for photographers, although you could be interested in a little background of my images! For a summary of my team for travel photography, simply click here.
This publication was written a long time ago: it is still completely relevant, but you can consult my last configuration of Fujifilm X-T5 JPEG here.
In a debate that has existed while digital cameras, Raw has always come out at the top. For those strangers, a RAW image is essentially a digital negative stored directly from the camera sensor. Once you get that file in an editing software like Lightroom, you can handle it to your heart content. Compared to a JPEG (an image that has already been processed), RAW stores much more detail, which means that it can safely adjust the exhibition and edit without destruction of images.
Since I began to get serious with the photograph eight years ago, I always filmed Raw and spent many hours editing. I mean, everyone tells you that you disagree raw and, at least at the time, Jpeg looked horrible. I had no choice.
As a travel photographer, I can often return from a trip with thousands of photos and everyone needs a thorough edition, which requires a lot of time. Time is beautiful and, although I love digital development images, I need another option.
Enter Fujifilm
I read the publication of another blogger the other day establishing how to choose your first camera. Everyone thinks that for ‘adequate’ photography he needs a DSLR and this blogger in particular raised a question; Canon or Nikon? It is always between Canon or Nikon. Well guys, let me tell them, at least for me, the answer to the previous question is Fujifilm. As many of you know, at the beginning of 2017 I became Mirrorless with the incredible X-T2. Fujifilm users have been described as vegans, they will not shut up on their choice. I guess I’m exactly the same, but it’s just because I want you to know how good these cameras are.
Anyway, I’m getting the subject.
Fujifilm knows the colors. They have been producing incredible quality movies for years. All that research and development have been passed to Fujifilm cameras in the form of films simulations. A little like image styles in other cameras, you can choose from a series of different films directly in the camera. Every time I take a photo, I review it almost immediately on the back screen of the camera and I am always impressed by how incredible it is seen. The colors are simply incredible.
However, for some reason, I filmed in Raw, so that all charming color is lost when importing light. Essentially you have to start over. All my raw processing has been trying to achieve what the original JPEG was like. Isn’t that stupid? I spend hours and hours editing thousands of photos simply to achieve what the camera had already done for me. While we were traveling in Australia, I had thought about firing only JPEG several times, but I always convinced me that I did not. I would always have the flexibility of changing the appearance and color of a photo, but, if you think, that kind of fun takes away the fun. I try to get the image as perfect as possible in the camera as I would have done in the days of the movie. Once you took a photo in a particular movie, that aspect was rooted in it. The consistency is key.
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I still have 500 photos without editing only two weeks in Bali and something has to give. Like many other Fujifilm shooters, I have now configured my camera to shoot only JPEGS. Crude (almost). I have created seven different ” preset ‘in the camera (as you would in Lightroom). I love the Astia movie for daily images (almost all my photos have astia as a base) and classic chrome for street images. I’m going to try shooting in this way for the rest of my trips and, if I’m sincere, I’m a little nervous. For situations of high dynamic rank, RAW is perfect, since it can cheer up the shadows or darken the reflexes by several stops. I find that Raw is also ideal to shoot night landscapes. Then there are some situations in which I have no choice but to return to RAW (although JPEG).
With luck, you will not even notice a difference in my photos, since, as I said, I have always tried to emulate the colors of my own camera. However, I should save a lot of time that I can use elsewhere.
I would love to know from the photographers who just shoot JPEG or, if you just shoot raw, let me know why! If you feel like joining the mirrorless revolution and love photography again, I would seriously consider the Fujifilm XT series. I have the X-T2, although the new X-T3 looks incredible!
** Guess what! Five years have passed since I published this article arguing the change from Raw to JPEG and I have not looked back. Fujifilm JPEG has taken the world by assault. If I could only have planned how popular the JPEG shot would have become, it probably would not have been nervous at all. A YouTube channel for $$$ would probably have started.
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