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Steve - 09 Jan 2007 15:29 GMT

I didn't get in on this thread soon enough. I shoot both RAW and JPEG.
When it comes time to import photos into Light Room I have to Ctrl-click on
only the RAW files. Can anybody tell me if there is a way to sort and import
only the RAW files, besides doing all this clicking?

Thanks,

Steve

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Paul Furman - 09 Jan 2007 16:14 GMT

> I didn't get in on this thread soon enough. I shoot both RAW and JPEG.
> When it comes time to import photos into Light Room I have to Ctrl-click on
> only the RAW files. Can anybody tell me if there is a way to sort and import
> only the RAW files, besides doing all this clicking?

Sort by type... but why bother with jpeg?

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John McWilliams - 09 Jan 2007 17:27 GMT

>> I didn't get in on this thread soon enough. I shoot both RAW and
>> JPEG. When it comes time to import photos into Light Room I have to
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>
> Sort by type... but why bother with jpeg?

Indeed, esp. using a sophisticated piece of software such as LR or PS.
JPEGs can be created at will, otherwise, they are frequently just in the
way.

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Steve - 10 Jan 2007 04:57 GMT

>>> I didn't get in on this thread soon enough. I shoot both RAW and
>>> JPEG. When it comes time to import photos into Light Room I have to
>>> Ctrl-click on only the RAW files. Can anybody tell me if there is a way
>>> to sort and import only the RAW files, besides doing all this clicking?
>>
>> Sort by type... but why bother with jpeg?

Ahhhh... thank you.

It's easier for me to email batches of small pictures(JPEGs) of the kids
to family without converting each one...or are you going to tell me there's
another way to do this as well?

Steve

> Indeed, esp. using a sophisticated piece of software such as LR or PS.
> JPEGs can be created at will, otherwise, they are frequently just in the
> way.

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Richard H. - 10 Jan 2007 13:50 GMT

> It's easier for me to email batches of small pictures(JPEGs) of the kids
> to family without converting each one...or are you going to tell me there's
> another way to do this as well?

The NEF has a couple JPEGs embedded in it already - you could just
extract them, which is faster than converting (although probably not
really on a one-off basis; it really makes a difference in batches). If
you're shooting anything short of a D200 or D2X, the embedded JPEG is
the same quality & size as the RAW+JPG Basic setting.

Ed Ruf posted this link recently, which saves some keystrokes explaining
the tool: http://regex.info/blog/2006-12-08/303

I prefer shooting RAW and extracting (faster) or converting (better
quality), as it gets me ~15% more shots per card - on a 2GB card @ 6MP
that's 35-50 more shots.

Cheers,
Richard

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