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A Bit About Dental Photography
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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Lutke" data-source="post: 184378" data-attributes="member: 14256"><p>OK, first, I only shoot in raw. Most dental photographers don't and are not really interested in the advantages.</p><p>I do understand that most dental professionals just want great color and are ready to move forward. The <em><strong>capturing of a 'Custom" white balance in the camera</strong></em> is perfect for the 80% of these dental professionals. Their color is just great.</p><p></p><p>In short, a "Custom White Balance" just neutralizes the lighting source (the flash) to pure white (6500 degrees Kelvin is pure white light) . This one step will make the captured images 'color accurate'. With jpegs, the camera does the work. The <em><strong>captured dental images (jpeg)</strong></em> are color accurate - and <u><strong><em>fully managed by the camera</em></strong></u>. With jpegs, there is no work in Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw/ Lightroom.</p><p>You will not see the typical tinting issues that most dental images exhibit. </p><p></p><p>Capturing raw is just much better, if image quality, is the most important issue. Dental speakers, dental publishers, and most really good cosmetic dentists would fall in this group.</p><p>The raw file is read only, which does protect it from edits. The 'Custom White Balance' is applied by Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw/ Lightroom. It's just more precise and you will see the quality difference.</p><p>Most dental professionals would be surprised how little they need to do in Photoshop/ Lightroom. It's just great and worth the small effort.</p><p></p><p>In the end, shooting in either jpeg or raw delivers the same great color. The chief advantages of shooting raw is the 1) large quality data and 2) the <strong><em>ability to adjust </em></strong>missed exposures to absolute perfection.</p><p>Shooting raw files is true photography. The raw data will just get better as the software improves ( Adobe Photoshop through the next 10 years will make the rendering of old raw files better and better). Jpeg files are stripped and compressed lossy files that serve the present time just fine.</p><p></p><p>Sorry the too short answer - hard to really communicate fully on a message board. best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Lutke, post: 184378, member: 14256"] OK, first, I only shoot in raw. Most dental photographers don't and are not really interested in the advantages. I do understand that most dental professionals just want great color and are ready to move forward. The [I][B]capturing of a 'Custom" white balance in the camera[/B][/I] is perfect for the 80% of these dental professionals. Their color is just great. In short, a "Custom White Balance" just neutralizes the lighting source (the flash) to pure white (6500 degrees Kelvin is pure white light) . This one step will make the captured images 'color accurate'. With jpegs, the camera does the work. The [I][B]captured dental images (jpeg)[/B][/I] are color accurate - and [U][B][I]fully managed by the camera[/I][/B][/U]. With jpegs, there is no work in Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw/ Lightroom. You will not see the typical tinting issues that most dental images exhibit. Capturing raw is just much better, if image quality, is the most important issue. Dental speakers, dental publishers, and most really good cosmetic dentists would fall in this group. The raw file is read only, which does protect it from edits. The 'Custom White Balance' is applied by Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw/ Lightroom. It's just more precise and you will see the quality difference. Most dental professionals would be surprised how little they need to do in Photoshop/ Lightroom. It's just great and worth the small effort. In the end, shooting in either jpeg or raw delivers the same great color. The chief advantages of shooting raw is the 1) large quality data and 2) the [B][I]ability to adjust [/I][/B]missed exposures to absolute perfection. Shooting raw files is true photography. The raw data will just get better as the software improves ( Adobe Photoshop through the next 10 years will make the rendering of old raw files better and better). Jpeg files are stripped and compressed lossy files that serve the present time just fine. Sorry the too short answer - hard to really communicate fully on a message board. best of luck! [/QUOTE]
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