Got my 20D today

[mgp1969]

and going to Copenhagen for the weekend. Have set it up for Large Fine JPEG files. As I am unlikely to do any post processing at this stage, is there any advantage at shooting in RAW as well/instead?

Also, any other settings I should look at adjusting?

By the way, thanks to everyone for the advice recieved to date. It's been invaluable for a digital novice.

Cheers,

Martin

[simpo two]

mgp1969 said:

Have set it up for Large Fine JPEG files. As I am unlikely to do any post processing at this stage, is there any advantage at shooting in RAW as well/instead?

Technically yes, but you will have to process RAW files with extra software (unless you have PS CS). So if you're trying to avoid processing, I'd avoid RAW for now. You have enough to worry about

mgp1969 said:

Also, any other settings I should look at adjusting?

If you haven't tried aperture vs shutter priority, now is a good time to understand what they do and the difference they can make to a shot. Also, read and understand as much of the manual as you can. You won't need all the features but as you have a very complex, high-quality camera you may as well find out what it can do!

[mgp1969]

Thanks - as I thought, will leave RAW for now. SLR type settings I'm used to using; it's the digital specific stuff, like file types, etc, where I'm clueless. The manual is my inflight reading!

[simpo two]

mgp1969 said:

SLR type settings I'm used to using

Excellent, that's most of the battle then, at least as far as photography goes. My biggest surprise going from SLR to DSLR was how much they can under-expose by. There are reasons for this I won't bore you with but - it's worth experimenting with the histogram display, +/- EV and autobracket if you have it. The better you get it in camera, the less file-mangling you have to do later.

[V6GTO]

I shoot my 20D with the histogram on show ALL the time. One quick peek tells you if you need to reshoot.
Just take plenty of CF space and enjoy! I was a die hard film man, but since I got the 20D the only time I pick up my EOS1n is to move it out of the way

Martin.

[mgp1969]

Thanks - will bear that in mind (and try to find out what a histogram display is!)

[V6GTO]

mgp1969 said:

Thanks - will bear that in mind (and try to find out what a histogram display is!)

Take a picture then press the INFO button. The graph on the right is the histogram.

Martin.