Digital BW, The Print

Here is a "non-response" at least to the RAW/JPEG debate.

IMHO, Ken Rockwell maintains a really useful site for newbies.
Alot of his critique and "philosophy" is "just go out and shoot alot
of pictures. Quality stuff is available for reasonable prices. Don't
sweat too much of the details and the high end stuff unless/until
you need to."

His colloquial style has a "no nonsense" and sometime humorous
ring to it that I think appeals to newbies wading through tons of
gear and films and advice and options for the first time.

What's nice is that he combines this kind of advice not on a just a
few pages reserved for "newbs," but includes tons of info/reviews
on new and used gear, including lots of "short cut" info for folks
who just don't even want to wade through his own info.

So I don't know the guy, and I'm not defending the quality of
particular piece of advice he might give. But I do think he helps alot
of newbs get going and start learning about the hobby in a "spoonful
of sugar" kind of way.

Scott

Clayton Jones wrote:

> RAW vs JPG - Here we go again. Another long thread cranking up that
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> 1) Has been debated ENDLESSLY elsewhere already
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> 2) Has no satisfactory outcome
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> 3) Shouldn't be discussed here in the first place (just in case some
> reader may not have noticed, this is a printing forum).
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> Please just let this one go on by, everyone. Bite the tongue, count
> to 10, whatever...
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> The best response to this post is no response. Many thanks.
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> Regards,
> Clayton
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