Nikon D200 owners shooting in RAW ?

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Browsing this, and other Forums, very late last night and stumbled across a Post where the OP asked about moving up to a D200

among the replies somebody said " unless you are prepared to shoot in Raw and post process dont buy a D200" and implied something like images in jpeg were not 100%

Unfortunately cannot find the Thread now

I have never read this anywhere else - and as I plan to move up from a D40 - would appreciate any D200 owners adding their views

ps landscapes interests me most ..................thanks...
 
D200 user here, no idea what they are on about,if you shoot RAW you will pretty much have to PP every time,same as most cameras. Jpegs are ok outta the camera,sometimes a quick boost is needed,not much though.
 
I find jpegs fine right out of the camera...I never bother with raw...
Not the best pic in the world but it will give you an idea of what they turn out like straight from the camera
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I shoot RAW in both my cameras anyway, a D200 and D700.
 
You have to shoot RAW to get te best out of any camera. :)
 
I shoot RAW in both my cameras anyway, a D200 and D700.

Darren

Is there an obvious difference in sharpness between the D700 and D200 as FF is what I aspire to :thinking:

Thanks

Pete
D200 owner
 
awp said:
You have to shoot RAW to get te best out of any camera. :)
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What this guy said.

By shooting in JPEG you're relying on your DSLR's measly processor to process the raw data from your sensor. By shooting in RAW you forgo the in-camera processing, and allow your hefty in comparison computer CPU to do the processing instead. An image of higher quality ensues.
 
Peter said:
I shoot RAW in both my cameras anyway, a D200 and D700.

Darren

Is there an obvious difference in sharpness between the D700 and D200 as FF is what I aspire to :thinking:

Thanks

Pete
D200 owner
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Nope not sharpness. My images are sharper now but I not only bought a D700 but a 24-70 f2.8, 80-200 f2.8 and an AFS 50f1.4 (and got a new prescription on my contacts) so the world is much sharper now.

Seriously though sharpness is not really an issue as far as I am concerned with the D200. The poles apart ISO handling is the biggest difference. The wider view is another. I can possibly do some comparison shots with the camera on a tripod but not will next week when I am off. Although I am painting my garage floor and walls as step one of my studio conversion starting from Monday :)
 
I always shoot in RAW on my D200. By its very nature, the choice to shoot in RAW means you have to PP to get the best out of the resulting image. Otherwise, as previous posters suggest, you are relying on the camera's internal processing to produce an image that you are happy with. It may, or it may not work, but to ensure the best result you will want to PP anyway.
 
BKphotography said:
I have a D200.
IMO you have to shoot RAW to get the best out of this camera.
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thanks everyone for all the input - I now understand more about D200 RAW mode

I hope it's ok to quote from another Forum (?) but this is what started it
"your D40 was intended for entry level users and is set to give colourful and sharp jpegs by default. The D200 was an advanced amateur/semi pro model and Nikon assumes that these users will want to post process their pics, and so set the camera for a more neutral default."
and was advise to try shooting RAW+jpeg option, thus using jpeg for quick prints etc, but still have the RAW data available for pp if needed

TBH I dont have a lot of time/inclination to do a lot of pp so plan to shoot jpeg and some pp in the computer with low level Paint.Net

if D200 owners here tell me this is a waste of the D200 capabilities - maybe I should stay with the D40 ?........thanks
 
You can tweak the JPEG output of the D200, so have a play around to see what suits you the most. I used to set mine to +1 sharpness and maybe enhanced saturation depending on what I was shooting (skin tones tended to be too red with +saturation).

You don't have to shoot RAW unless you intend to do some serious post processing afterwards.
 
I shoot much of my stuff in RAW so i can have that bit more control over the final outcome but if i do shoot in jpeg on the d200 i feel the photos are fine.
 
i shoot in jpeg and i set everything as neutral as possible [same with my D700] .
fapping around with fotoshop is not for me i aim for a good picture from the start.
yes you can change white balance in raw,but i aim to get it correct at the start,same with everything else.
if its good to start with it dosent need recovery.


same when i shoot film i aim to get a good negative to get a good print [from my camera and my film processing].

so i would say its tosh jpeg is good on the D200
 
again - thanks for input

ATM may wait before moving up to a D200
 
here's a jpeg straight outta the D200
the only pp this had was a dust spot cloned out above the sun!

looks ok to me:thumbs:

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Nice shot but I can't tell if it looks anything like the scene did in real life! When it matters that the shot is a true representation of the scene in front of you - then RAW becomes important - you can tweak lots of things to get the image right - it also contains a LOT more information than a jpeg.
 
illusion said:
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Jpeg straight out of the camera, no PP.
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so what - can't tell if that's what it looked like or not - probably doesn't matter with this subject but often it does matter. RAW files contain a lot of information that you are throwing away by shooting jpeg!
 
awp said:
so what - can't tell if that's what it looked like or not - probably doesn't matter with this subject but often it does matter. RAW files contain a lot of information that you are throwing away by shooting jpeg!
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the user asked if you can shoot in Jpeg. I personally usually shoot RAW. I cant stand JPEG. Though in the firework case i shot RAW+Jpeg, there wasnt much point altering the RAW files, when the Jpegs looked fine.
 
I was agreeing for this shot it does look fine.
 
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