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Hi, I have a Canon s3is that I use to shoot maybe 1,000 pictures a week. I have been trying out the Lightroom demo and really love the way it help me process all the pictures. Most of the pictures are used to document processes, so gallery level images are not required. But for about 5% of the pictures I need to get the best possible resulting image within the constraints of the capabilities of the s3is. Ideally I would like the camera to support a raw format which would give me the most flexibility to get those perfect final images in lightroom, but the s3is only supports jpeg image output. Are there optimum camera setting for minimizing the processing the camera will do and then do any processing in lightroom. Or is it better to just let camera try and optimize the image and then do any remaining work in lightroom.
Getting a new camera is not an option at this time.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jay

You have two choices.
I have an S3 and have come up with the settings I feel are best for post-processing. They are:
Contrast -2
Sharpness -2
Saturation -1
Green -1
Of course, always shoot at maximum resolution.
The other option is to get the CHDK hack for the S3, which gives it RAW mode. You can use a DNG converter to convert the resulting images to a Lightroom-readable format. http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ

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