Regarding resolution settings on my DSLR camera

6 years 2 months ago #568759 by Alfonso Camil
Good morning!  Post #1 for me here!!

I hope someone can help me please.   So I have a Nikon D7200 and brand new at photography as of 2 weeks ago.  Now if I have no plan to print any large photos and shooting in JPEG do I need the camera in the largest settings?

Can I have the camera set to the middle?  But will I lose any quality by doing so?

Thank you


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6 years 2 months ago - 6 years 2 months ago #568770 by garyrhook
JPG, by definition, implies some loss of quality. Given the low price of storage, if you're only going to shoot JPGs, keep the quality setting on "Fine". That way, you get the most possible out of that format.

And: welcome!


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6 years 2 months ago #568803 by Alfonso Camil
Well I would shoot with RAW, but I noticed it's more difficult for me to view the photos.  I don't have any fancy post processing software and the RAW files won't open.  

I better start looking at that too. 

Hmmm, so addicting and so much to learn.  When you started, how soon did you move into RAW files?  

Thank you again for your help.  


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6 years 1 month ago #568857 by garyrhook
I initially worked with a point&shoot to hone my composition skills (15-ish years ago) and to understand a bit about the exposure triangle. When I picked up a DSLR in 2011 I started out with RAW, got Lightroom, and have never looked back.

If you can find a local camera meet-up, go. Find other people to talk to.


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6 years 1 month ago #568860 by G Vernon
Shooting 8 bit .jpg even on full quality will compress your files enormously, you´ll only end up with around 25% of the data that`s normally available from a Raw file. We export from Lightroom and continue to edit in the 16 bit .tiff format which keeps structure intact. We also print in 16 bit .tiff and the Adobe colour profile - about the only time we make a .jpg copy is to send to the web.


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6 years 1 month ago #568895 by Alfonso Camil

garyrhook wrote: I initially worked with a point&shoot to hone my composition skills (15-ish years ago) and to understand a bit about the exposure triangle. When I picked up a DSLR in 2011 I started out with RAW, got Lightroom, and have never looked back.

If you can find a local camera meet-up, go. Find other people to talk to.


Good tip, I'll start looking for one.   Did you attend any photography workshops? 


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6 years 1 month ago #568897 by garyrhook

Alfonso Camil wrote:

garyrhook wrote: I initially worked with a point&shoot to hone my composition skills (15-ish years ago) and to understand a bit about the exposure triangle. When I picked up a DSLR in 2011 I started out with RAW, got Lightroom, and have never looked back.

If you can find a local camera meet-up, go. Find other people to talk to.


Good tip, I'll start looking for one.   Did you attend any photography workshops? 


No, self-taught, but that involved lots of online research, participating in local PPA events (basically 2 hour seminars), finding a mentor, and lots and lots of trial and error. I'm also a software engineer and a musician, so many skills are applicable.


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6 years 1 month ago #568900 by Alfonso Camil
WOW your the real deal.  You mind me asking how long have you been at photography?  


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6 years 1 month ago #568903 by garyrhook

Alfonso Camil wrote: WOW your the real deal.  You mind me asking how long have you been at photography?  


Not at all.

As I said, initial work was probably 3-4 years in the early 2000s; I forget exact dates. Bought my first DSLR in 2012, had a business set up in January 2013. Focused on portraits and events initially, started branching out to "art" (i.e. non-people) in 2015.


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6 years 1 month ago #568989 by Alfonso Camil
Cool beans, very cool :thumbsup:


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6 years 1 month ago #569041 by Shadowfixer1
Always record the most information possible. Who knows when you may later be a real enthusiast and want to go back and re-work/manipulate some of your earlier images. No regrets to have info and not need it. Many regrets to not have the info, but need/want it.
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6 years 1 month ago #571169 by effron

Shadowfixer1 wrote: Always record the most information possible. Who knows when you may later be a real enthusiast and want to go back and re-work/manipulate some of your earlier images. No regrets to have info and not need it. Many regrets to not have the info, but need/want it.


Correct, I'd recommend shooting Raw on one card and jpeg on the other. Storage is cheap now and you'll want to get into raw processing soon enough.....

Why so serious?
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