[danhau]

> RAW vs JPG

As a new photographer, I‘m disappointed at how bad most cameras are at HDR. No in-body exposure stacking / combining, no HDR tone mapping, ancient JPEG format with only slow adoption of newer formats. Getting certain landscape shots without a blown out sky is genuinely impossible without post editing (or graduated ND filters, which feel like a workaround to me). Smartphones get this right.

I’m someone who actively dislikes editing, on a computer or elsewhere. I love going outside, I love the challenge of getting a good photo. But once I press shutter, I want to have it. I want it to be fully baked.

I want a camera to be more than just a good sensor + dials. I want it to take good pictures, not just good measurements in the form of a RAW file.