Do you adjust your camera's jpeg processing settings?

I appreciate that the settings available in the DS2 to adjust the jpeg processing (sharpness saturation, and contrast) are probably similar to those found in Photoshop, but do you have a favourite setting you adjust to get a better result?

John

I used JPG . . . until I learned of the advantages of RAW. I'm not entirely sure that the controls you mention actually have any effect in RAW mode.

I tend to keep mine set to default (middle) setting because I know I can adjust them on a frame by frame basis when I get them home.

If you want to adjust them 'in the field', your decision needs to be on a frame by frame basis too which is another reason for using RAW because that's 3 fewer on-camera settings to get wrong, potentially.

I wouldn't mess about in the field with these settings - they are intended to be set to the user's preference and by and large left there. So I leave all the colour, saturation, contrast, etc, at the middle settings and make all adjustments in Photoshop, where there is far more computer power than a camera can possibly have.

For my sins I don't use RAW capture. Highest quality JPEG gives me very nice A3 prints and the convenience of being able to get straight on with dealing with an image. I think many photographers negate the potential advantages of RAW by batch processing to TIFFs without considering each individual image, or even by later saving as JPEGs.

The golden rule is nerver, ever save any image that has been worked on as a JPEG. This will introduce some degredation of the image. Always use a non-lossy save such as PSD or TIFF, usually TIFF for a finalised image.

They don't affect the RAW storage at all, just the preview image. (Each RAW file has an embedded JPG that is used for viewing on the camera and on some portable storage devices like the Flashtrax and Epson P2000)
Matt

Thanks Matt.