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[OM] Re: Q. for E-1 Owners

Subject: [OM] Re: Q. for E-1 Owners
From: "Wilcox, Joel F" <joel-wilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:16:53 -0500
Hi Moose, 

> Wilcox, Joel F wrote:
> 
> >So I ordered a C-5060 from B&H this morning..... I guess one 
> of my learning points will be to find out how significant the 
> slow RAW write time is going to be to me.
> >
> There are really 2 ways to work. One is using RAW and finishing the 
> image in an image editor. The second is to shoot in the 
> highest quality 
> JPEG and adjust the camera and presets to the best image quality for 
> your tastes right out of the camera. You can do both, of course, 
> depending on the subject and circumstances. For many 
> purposes, you may 
> find that RAW just isn't needed. Then the RAW write time 
> doesn't matter 
> for those shots. .

I will definitely run the jpeg selections through their paces, as this
really seems the most efficient way to work with the camera.  It seems
analogous to Silverfast, which offers a host of canned "profiles", you
might say, like "Landscape" and others I can't remember.  I don't use
them and generally pull the image into PS and set white and black points
and maybe a neutral gray if I'm lucky enough.  I think I probably sound
like a RAW guy by nature. 8^0

> >Should this have an impact on the kind of "digital film" I buy?
> >
> Yes, it could. Lexar has developed and is pushing what they call WA 
> (Write Acceleration Technology), where added smarts in the 
> camera work 
> with the card to speed up write times. The E-1 and 5060 are 
> cameras that 
> include WA support. More detail here 
> <http://www.lexarmedia.com/digfilm/index_cf.html>. I can't 
> endorse from 
> personal experience, as I don't have a camera that supports 
> WA, but if 
> I'd bought an E-1, I'd have popped for the extra $15-20 for a 1gb WA 
> card (vs. a SanDisk Ultra II.).

Thanks very much for that link.  I had read about WA earlier today and
noted that it was described as mainly available in digital SLRs.  I am
thrilled to see that it is supported in the C5060.  That is a bonus I
hadn't anticipated.

Joel W.
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