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Shooting time-lapse as JPEG files

Shooting time-lapse as JPEG files

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Shooting time-lapse as JPEG files

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- So, I've got a stable platform, I've got an interesting backdrop, I've got the camera ready to go. All that's really left is the decision, what should I shoot? I'm going to start with the easy one and that's JPEG. When should you shoot JPEG? Well, in my opinion, when it's the only choice you have. If you're shooting on a point and shoot and your camera doesn't offer RAW, then shoot JPEG. Now you might be wondering but JPEG's fine. There's a lot of issues with JPEG, particularly when you're shooting a panoramic, so what's going to happen here is as I pan across and shoot, we're going to get multiple photos. The potential challenge with JPEG is that the camera is doing in-camera processing. And some cameras are smart and will do exactly what you tell them to do but many are trying to optimize your image. Now, optimizing an image is a nice way of saying the camera with very little to no input from you is going to develop the files for you. You don't want that. Only shoot JPEG if it's…

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