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Diamond Lil
08-17-2008, 07:39 AM
Enlighten me please.
Chip
08-17-2008, 10:10 AM
I believe that the TIFF format allows you to archive in a lossless medium that can be accessed by a large number of software programs. Even the largest JPEG changes the raw data from the camera.
Diamond Lil
08-17-2008, 09:01 PM
Would you recommend converting TIFF files to JPEG for casual emailing and other sorts of non-critical work and saving the TIFF as archival?
texasv-rod
08-18-2008, 10:11 AM
Would you recommend converting TIFF files to JPEG for casual emailing and other sorts of non-critical work and saving the TIFF as archival?

That's what I do.
Diamond Lil
08-18-2008, 11:25 AM
That's what I do.

The thing that bothers me about shooting in TIFF with the 5700 is the hour glass after every shot. I feel as if it is indicating to me a time within which I can do anything and everything wrong to mess up the shot just taken. :p
Chip
08-18-2008, 04:09 PM
The Digital SLRs are very fast in their data transfer. Most can shoot 3 or more frames per second at full resolution. Many have a raw format available that is purely what the camera outputs. I guess it all comes down to how fast your camera can handle data. It would not be practical to shoot in a tiff format if each photo takes more than a few seconds to process. The TIFF format is owned by Adobe, hence it's popularity. If you can, and are worried about archiving photos in a lossless format, TIFF is a good option, otherwise, the full resolution JPEGs offer a good compromise. I seldom take a picture in the raw or TIFF formats.
Diamond Lil
08-18-2008, 05:13 PM
The slowness of processing on my camera is why I rarely use TIFF. Some recent pictures were taken in TIFF more as an experiment than anything else.
texasv-rod
08-22-2008, 03:23 PM
The slowness of processing on my camera is why I rarely use TIFF. Some recent pictures were taken in TIFF more as an experiment than anything else.
A faster card will help some
Diamond Lil
08-22-2008, 06:10 PM
This is the card that is normally in the camera: SanDisk Standard CompactFlash® Card 512MB SDCFB-512-A10. Do you recommend something else?
texasv-rod
08-22-2008, 08:23 PM
I don't know that one brand is better than another, but there are some 60x cards out there which would make a pretty significant difference. Heck, there's even 133x cards out there!

http://store.lexar.com/?productid=CF1GB-133-380
Diamond Lil
08-22-2008, 08:43 PM
I don't know that one brand is better than another, but there are some 60x cards out there which would make a pretty significant difference. Heck, there's even 133x cards out there!

http://store.lexar.com/?productid=CF1GB-133-380

I've always looked for type I and II CF cards because of compatibility with the 5700. Do you use any of the high speed cards you mentioned?