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Hello Forum!

 

I did a shoot yesterday and a first happened to me in regards to missing files on the SD card.

 

I shoot JPG+RAW and import all RAW files into Lightroom as I like working with the RAW files and pushing them sometimes.  :)

 

Anyhow ... 3 of my images were missing.  I went back to my SD card and 3 of the images I shot did not have the RAW file!!  The JPG was there but the RAW was missing.  Now ... what differed in these 3 images is the camera aperture, ISO and shutter speed.  Because it was bright outside and I wanted longer exposure (and didn't have ND filter with me) I set camera to 1/20 F22 and ISO to "L".  This was the first time I pushed ISO below 200.

 

I'm guessing that by pushing the ISO to 100 (at least I think that is what L gives) the camera does not record RAW file!?

 

Thanks for any wisdom.  :)

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Yes it is mentioned in the manual that the pushed ISO values are JPG only, but that is a nice gotcha, cos the camera doesn't warn you about this... Just like silent mode and flash... :-(

 

Since you work in RAW and the fact the sensor is ISO-invariant, you can better over/underexpose the RAW and then pull/push the RAW in post processing.

Also note that ISO-L and H in fact do the same, and that in ISO-L you will lose a stop of headroom in the highlights.

 

Better stay at base ISO for optimum results and use the electronic shutter or ND filter when it is too light.

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