Best buy for past time photography working with camera raw
Hello - I am looking to
buy a camera with a budget of around £200 to £300
which supports RAW files. Has anybody got any tips before I rush into buying something? Any recommendations will be much appreciated.
Andrew
I'm not the best person to compare different model results raw processing with ACR - I've only tried a few.
I'm sure you are aware Nikon's have a reputation for being good cameras but there are lots of other brands that are as good in many ways, and better in some.
I primarily use a Nikon D300 which works great in ACR now, but a year or so ago the camera calibration profiles were iffy (highlight rendering was problematic, especially when using recovery). I also use the Canon G12 some, and Canon S5 only a little so far (CHDK firmware + with home-brewed profiles).
Bottom-line: I can only tell you what I know, and offer some speculation:
What I know:
- Canon G12 & Nikon D300 work well with ACR.
- How well a camera does *in ACR* depends primarily on the camera calibration profiles.
What I speculate:
- Adobe is willing to put more energy into the camera calibration profiles for cameras that are more mainstream with their target market.
Whether or not that matters depends on the camera/sensor/model and any idiosyncracies it may have.
So, there are two things:
1 - How good is the camera and how well does it suit your style.
2 - How well are the raws processed by ACR.
The first one I can't help with.
The second: What I said above, *and* if you don't know any better, go with mainstream. Odd brands *may* receive *odd* support in ACR.
Maybe somebody else will chime in, but it might serve to post a couple of your choices so people can just say yey or ney to the model in ACR.
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