Any point in creating a camera user preset

[Gary Kinghorn]

When you shoot in RAW and use lightroom to develop am I right in thinking it's pointless to create a preset in the camera or to move between portrait, landscape, etc within in camera user settings. Is this something simply for JPEG users or people who process using other software?

 

[julianhj]

I've never bothered, as like you I don't shoot JPEGs. I think my wife sets up the white balance to give her a better idea of what the processed image might look like.

 

[petersmart]

As far as I know presets only work with JPEGs, since RAW is quite literally that - the raw data from the sensor - although the settings will carry over to some editing programs (Canon's DPP etc) when using RAW.

Can't really comment on Lightroom as I don't use it.
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[Furtim]

I never used them with my 5D3 as I only ever used the raw file, but I've started to use them now I've moved to a basic Fuji. I still shoot raw+jpg, but I find myself spending more time getting the shot right in camera now and using the jpg file more often than not. I've still got the raw if I need to tweak beyond boundaries, but having the camera give a reasonable representation on the review screen and in the viewfinder at the time of composing and then reviewing is helpful, particularly in B&W as it reveals the structure and texture of the image that isn't always obvious in colour.

I've ended up tweaking a number of presets around that - Yellow filter, Sharpness: +1, Highlight Tone: +1, Shadow Tone: +2, Noise Reduction: -2 for example is a common preset I've used as it gives me a more contrasty B&W image.

 

[Pookeyhead]

I've always used Adobe Standard in Lightroom when dealing with raw files and ensure I have a grey card reference shot at the start of each session to ensure I have an accurate white balance reference. If I want to change things beyond accurate, I do so visually.

There's no harm in creating one for your camera though if done properly. The profile, then if set to default, will be applied to all raw files you import as raw or DNG in Lightroom or ACR. Useful if you just don't quite like the way a camera handles skin tones for example so something like this can be useful.


[edit]

Ignore above.. I just re-read your OP. I thought you were talking about camera profile presets.

 

[Oddshapedoctopus]

I've used it to help when lighting a picture. If I can get the Polaroid on the back to show what I will roughly be editing the picture to then I can move the lighting to suit (such as high contrast black and white images)