RAW

[Bdarin]

I'm new to Canon, have a Rebel 1200D. I don't fully understand the RAW setting. What does it mean and how does it affect the resolution? Thanks.

[Bdarin]

Golly, didn't mean to open a can of worms here. But thanks for all the input. You've not only answered my question, but taught me a bunch of stuff as well.

[ebiggs1]

Oh, no worms!  We often discuss things here and have differing opinions.  That's just the way it is.  In photography not much is right or wrong.  The bottom line is, what works for you and what you are satisfied with.

While on the subject, if you truly want the most from your camera, you can see DPP will fall short.  Canon is a camera manufacturer. Adobe is a software maker.  Canon does cameras very well.  The best there is, IMHO.  They don't do software as well.  Adobe does and is the accepted standard in the industry.

DPP has gotten very much better in version 4.  It just isn't there yet.  I am sure Canon will keep upgrading it and who knows?

[ebiggs1]

"I seriously doubt that the OP is using Lightroom, or ever will for the foreseeable future."

"I seriously doubt", you can make that judgement with any authority.  We all were there at one time or the other.  Correct?

[jrhoffman75]

Canon DPP3 and DPP4 both have a white balance eye dropper in the JPEG editing tool. 

Lightroom has Adobe versions of the Canon Picture Styles in the camera calibration drop down that try to emulate the Canon versions. 

For folks that are using Mac computers the free, built-in iPhotos or Photos applications automatically convert and display RAW. Unless someone wants immediate JPEGs for posting online I see no reason not to just shoot RAW. No downside and all the editing benefits upside. 

I don't know if there is a free Windows equivalent to iPhoto/Photos. 

[ebiggs1]

"Canon's DPP software does not allow it, ..."

Sorry again but DPP 4 does have a WB adjustment.  It has an eyedropper just like LR does.  My unfamiliarity with DPP was tweaked by Mr. Hoffman's post.  And, yes, the WIndoze version has it, too.  So, that is settled it can be done in both programs!

[Waddizzle]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

"Canon's DPP software does not allow it, ..."

Sorry again but DPP 4 does have a WB adjustment.  It has an eyedropper just like LR does.  My unfamiliarity with DPP was tweaked by Mr. Hoffman's post.  And, yes, the WIndoze version has it, too.  So, that is settled it can be done in both programs!

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Sorry, but I didn't make myself clear.   DPP3 does not allow it.  The OP has DPP3 with his Rebel T5.

The entire "RAW" tab is disabled, and greyed out when you edit a JPEG, which includes the WB eyedropper tool.  The OP does not have Lightroom.  The OP cannot download DPP4.  His only tool at this time is DPP3. 

[ebiggs1]

And if the Moon is in the seventh house and the creek don't rise and.......c'mon on.  He can do it if he wants to.

[jrhoffman75]

If you click the RGB tab you get the edit tool and a WB dropper.

[RobertTheFat]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

"Canon's DPP software does not allow it, ..."

Sorry again but DPP 4 does have a WB adjustment.  It has an eyedropper just like LR does.  My unfamiliarity with DPP was tweaked by Mr. Hoffman's post.  And, yes, the WIndoze version has it, too.  So, that is settled it can be done in both programs!

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DPP4 does do a much better job on JPEGs than DPP3 does. (I've had to use it a couple of times when I've gotten a camera back from Canon and inadvertently left it set to JPEG.) But it doesn't do nearly as good a job as both versions do on RAW.

[ebiggs1]

"So, that is settled it can be done in both programs!"

It is foolish to think any post editing software could not do WB.  I simply do not have enough experience with DPP so I am ignorant of exactly how each version works.  I just use it enough to know I don't want to use it. 

Matter of fact I have removed version 3 altogether.