Great shot!!
We would all love raw/dng from the spark but its not likely to happen just yet i think. Think of the Spark as a point and shoot camera, you can get great results with what you have. If you are having issues with dynamic range use HDR or manually capture your shots with various EV compensations then combine later.
Jose Ramos Posted at 2017-10-15 12:30
Well, RAW helps, but I see no big problem with dynamic range in the Spark jpegs. Still, I would love to have RAW to fine tune 100% view detail.
No doubt it helps, but the sentiment around here sounds like anything good is impossible without RAW. You prove it wrong!
OneMatt Posted at 2017-10-16 14:20
No doubt it helps, but the sentiment around here sounds like anything good is impossible without RAW. You prove it wrong!
I've been shooting and editing landscape photos for 13 years... the problem with jpeg images from smartphones and drones is not the lesser quality when compared to RAW, but rather the fact that the automatic jpeg compression/sharpening is usually exaggerated and not too precise. Even for dynamic range, only very demanding images will show an advantage with RAW.
The real advantage of RAW exists when it's used by someone who know how to post-process and extract maximum detail and quality from the file.