This was started on the M-forum

[jaapv]

Gustav, have you tried shooting RAW? You can set the D2 to B/W and the RAW capture is in colour. The v/f image is b/w. as is the jpg. Best of both worlds. I use Pixmantec Rawshooter Essentials to convert, btw.

Regards,

Bill

Mmmm. I got the digilux-2 three weeks ago and I have been shooting JPG. Im kind of confuse about raw I need to do some research. I try to download the Pixmantec Rawshooter but Im using mac and is only for pc.

gustav[]

An interesting thing- JPEG or RAW. Strangely I find I shoot my Canon exclusively in RAW and my Digilux2 nearly always in JPEG. This thread set me thinking "why?"
What I came up with was:
1.The color balance of the Digilux is so good that large corrections are usually not necessary.
2.Using the spot exposure in manual makes for less exposure errors, so those extra 1 1/2 stops one gets in RAW are normally not needed
3.The JPEG large has so few artifacts that that is also no reason to shoot RAW
4.Silverfast RAW conversion is not a program I like and PS nor Biddle supports Leica RAW.

So I feel Leica designed the camera for JPEG shooting and only put in RAW to justify the label "semipro camera"

Any thoughts out there?

 

[RML]

Wasn't it JLW who was wondering the same thing but for the R-D1?