canon powershot s500

[tami]

calling all canon buffs (i know there are so many of you here!):

according to manuals and stuff, i've discovered that my powershot s500 supports *.JPG and *.RAW images. when i insert the CF card into my reader, however, i only see the *.JPGs.

where is a setting that would allow me to save my pictures on my camera as RAW images? i went through all the menus and couldn't find anything

 

[randomlinh]

why do you need raw? unless you know what you're going to do with it.. it's more of a pain than anything.. just stick to the jpgs.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
why do you need raw? unless you know what you're going to do with it.. it's more of a pain than anything.. just stick to the jpgs.

you can't do much photo editing (see this thread). for example, there's no dialog box that appears since i'm already attempting to edit an image processed by the camera.

 

[randomlinh]

what do you mean by "no dialog box?" photoshop can edit anything.. it's just a matter of end output. And personally, if you aren't doing anything professional, or trying for huge prints, I don't think it's worth dealing with.. of course, I have no idea if you're going to venture that route... heh, but just throwing it out there.

Are you just using the canon software?

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
what do you mean by "no dialog box?" photoshop can edit anything.. it's just a matter of end output. And personally, if you aren't doing anything professional, or trying for huge prints, I don't think it's worth dealing with.. of course, I have no idea if you're going to venture that route... heh, but just throwing it out there.

Are you just using the canon software?

no, i'm using photoshop.

i'm talking about editing it with those tungsten lighting settings, for example. i asked about it in that thread and then aphex and figured out that i don't get that dialog box because the JPGs are already processed (while RAWs are obviously not). i want to be able to do my own processing if possible.

 

[Deadtrees]

Cannon s500 does NOT supoort RAW formats.

 

[Baked]

You read wrong. The S500 can't do RAW, only JPEG.

 

[Deadtrees]

BTW, you don't really need to use RAW unless you're deeply serious about photoediting.
You can do the same thing on Jpeg formats, only difference is that you sacrifie some color/shadow/highlight/wb information working on Jpeg formats.

If you're asking whether S500 supports Raw and that you want to use for "tungsten lighting settings", you shouldn't use Raw formats anyway as it'll just be more annoying to use for you.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Baked
You read wrong. The S500 can't do RAW, only JPEG.

grr, you're right. i got some odd search results when i googled this, and i guess they're not so accurate

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
BTW, you don't really need to use RAW unless you're deeply serious about photoediting.
You can do the same thing on Jpeg formats, only difference is that you sacrifie some color/shadow/highlight/wb information working on Jpeg formats.

eventually, i want to know what i'm doing and do it well

i hope the powershot S2 IS supports it.

 

[Deadtrees]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
BTW, you don't really need to use RAW unless you're deeply serious about photoediting.
You can do the same thing on Jpeg formats, only difference is that you sacrifie some color/shadow/highlight/wb information working on Jpeg formats.

eventually, i want to know what i'm doing and do it well

i hope the powershot S2 IS supports it.

If you're asking whether S500 supports Raw and that you want to use for "tungsten lighting settings", you shouldn't use Raw formats anyway as it'll just be more annoying to use for you.

Oh and S2 IS will NOT support RAW.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Deadtrees

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: Deadtrees
BTW, you don't really need to use RAW unless you're deeply serious about photoediting.
You can do the same thing on Jpeg formats, only difference is that you sacrifie some color/shadow/highlight/wb information working on Jpeg formats.

eventually, i want to know what i'm doing and do it well

i hope the powershot S2 IS supports it.

If you're asking whether S500 supports Raw and that you want to use for "tungsten lighting settings", you shouldn't use Raw formats anyway as it'll just be more annoying to use for you.

Oh and S2 IS will NOT support RAW.

maybe it will be annoying, but my goal is to learn in the process, so i am up for the challenge.

too bad that the S2 IS will not support it. i guess i'll have to figure out another way to play with such filters.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: tami
i hope the powershot S2 IS supports it.

Nope, disappointment. If you want RAW, you'll have buy the S70, G series, or DSLR.

 

[Deadtrees]

No, you don't really need RAW to work on those stuffs or filters.
Just go to Image-Adjustment and you can do most of stuffs there.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: tami
i hope the powershot S2 IS supports it.

Nope, disappointment. If you want RAW, you'll have buy the S70, G series, or DSLR.

when i can, i'm going to steal my father's nikon D70 once he upgrades.

 

[Baked]

:thumbsup: w/ the D70 theft.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Baked
:thumbsup: w/ the D70 theft.

he hasn't quite said yes, but i told him i was going to.