Many a first time digital SLR user will be apprehensive at first to use their camera to its fullest potential. The camera is much larger than what he/she is used to and there are so many settings to use. Most people will just never bother to learn how to use their camera and revert back to their point and shoot ways. Just because your new digital SLR has a fully automatic mode doesn’t mean you should use it.The first thing a new dSLR user should know is the difference between Jpeg and RAW formats. A RAW image format is, in a sense, an undeveloped picture. Shooting in RAW allows the user to then process the image later in an application such as Photoshop. This is where the user can really get their photos to “pop”.
Jpeg images are files that have already been processed by the camera. This really limits what is able to be done with the picture afterwards.
Shooting in RAW format should be one of the first steps any new digital SLR user should master. This combined with a good photo processing program such as Photoshop will yield far better results than relying on the camera’s own processing.
If you don’t have a digital SLR yet, plot a course to your closest hhgregg store and pick one up today!
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