Re: Pre-Order Now: Sony Alpha A1 (50MP, 30fps, 8K)
kimknapp wrote: arbitrage wrote: davidnumrich wrote: arbitrage wrote:
My biggest outstanding question about the A1 is whether Sony has finally figured out how to embed a full size jpeg into the RAW and not a postage stamp sized one. If I get stuck having to continue to shoot RAW+Jpeg with this camera just to be able to cull using fast programs that either rely on embedded jpegs or side jpegs then I'm going to be grumpy.
FastRawViewer is where it's at for Sony camera files.
I'll have to try that again. I think I did try it at some point but can't remember how it went.
FYI, although I have also recommended this program, it does work better with raw+jpg. I found that raw alone just doesn't look good enough to make a quick decision on yay or nay as I go through my photos to discard losers.
That sort of rings a bell. I use a really fast culling program that my friend wrote. It basically works similar to PhotoMechanic and uses the embedded jpeg or alternatively the jpeg from RAW+Jpeg shooting. The issue with Sny is the embedded preview jpeg is tiny so in order to use any of these programs for fast culling at 100% you have to shoot RAW+Jpeg. On the A7RIV I only needed to shoot M jpeg and that was good enough. That will likely be the case with the A1. On my Canon and Nikon cameras there is a large embedded jpeg in every RAW file so these fast culling programs work way better.
I'll give FRV a try and see if it works okay. Otherwise I'll keep on with RAW+Jpeg shooting...unless Sony surprises us and there is a large jpeg in the RAW now.
Jan 27, 2021 at 06:10 PM
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