s602 tiff format ?

solomon76 · 30th September 2003

HI anyone has tried recording in TIFF format b4 for s602 ?
how is the res like ?

yowch · 30th September 2003

The recording speed is very slow on my CF card, probably faster on Microdrive.

The results are not much sharper than that from a high quality Fine 6MP Jpeg from the camera, probably due to the natural interpolations of the superCCD.

The white balance and sharpening is set to off, you will be doing those two in your own digital darkroom.

My suggestion, unless you really want to, stick to 6MP Fine Jpeg, with proper exposure and WB, and Normal sharpening, the results are good enough. At least for me they are.

solomon76 · 30th September 2003

Thanx for the reply, Have you tried to print it to A4 size b4 ? i mean is it clear and crisp for 6mp, fine?
thanx

yowch · 30th September 2003

Not directly from the camera. You'll need to post process in Photoshop (or similar) to improve the quality and to smoothen the 'pixels'. Printing to 4R is no problem, 8R or Super 8R (equivalent to A4) is really squeezing a little tight from this native 3MP camera.

On my home printer, I have actually printed my 3MP images to A4 with only minor softness.

Unfortunately, all these are relative. You'll have to try to be sure. Go to established pro-labs for better results.

Zerstorer · 1st October 2003

Originally Posted by yowch

The white balance and sharpening is set to off, you will be doing those two in your own digital darkroom.

I seem to recall that the White balance and sharpening modes are still active in TIFF mode for the 602.

TIFF is merely uncompressed, processed images and is not equivalent to unprocessed RAW files.

yowch · 1st October 2003

Hmm.. possible, sorry, but I confess that I didn't really dwell into the WB and sharpness issues of TIFF too much!

However, the TIFF is certainly free from artifact arising from JPEG compression, and you can squeeze more sharpness and pixel details out of it than the general Fine JPEG at 6MP mode.

mpenza · 1st October 2003

white balance settings and sharpening are applied to the tiff file.

don't think it's worth the lengthy wait and large file size to use TIFF though. the gain in quality is minimal.

30th September 2003	#1
solomon76 Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 631	s602 tiff format ? HI anyone has tried recording in TIFF format b4 for s602 ? how is the res like ?

30th September 2003	#2
yowch Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore, Redhill Posts: 1,063	The recording speed is very slow on my CF card, probably faster on Microdrive. The results are not much sharper than that from a high quality Fine 6MP Jpeg from the camera, probably due to the natural interpolations of the superCCD. The white balance and sharpening is set to off, you will be doing those two in your own digital darkroom. My suggestion, unless you really want to, stick to 6MP Fine Jpeg, with proper exposure and WB, and Normal sharpening, the results are good enough. At least for me they are.

1st October 2003	#6
yowch Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore, Redhill Posts: 1,063	Hmm.. possible, sorry, but I confess that I didn't really dwell into the WB and sharpness issues of TIFF too much! However, the TIFF is certainly free from artifact arising from JPEG compression, and you can squeeze more sharpness and pixel details out of it than the general Fine JPEG at 6MP mode.

1st October 2003	#7
mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	white balance settings and sharpening are applied to the tiff file. don't think it's worth the lengthy wait and large file size to use TIFF though. the gain in quality is minimal.