Speeding up workflow and reducing amount of images stored

[Andy001z]

Hi all,

I shoot RAW+JPG on my Canon D70 and I would like to know how others speed up the process of going through your photos and removing the ones that don't meet the cut. Currently I put them all into one folder or read directly of the card (on Windows PC). I tend to look at the JPG files first as these load quicker. Then I decide to delete it. This is where my challenge comes if I delete the JPG file then I won't want the RAW image either, but to get rid of this I either have to note the name or view all these.

I have Canons DPP4 loaded and wondered if I could maybe rate them and then filter to remove those not rated?

Ideas greatfuly accepted.

Thank you
Andy

 

[ecoleman]

Any reason for saving both raw and jpg?

I only shoot raw, I cull the raw images and can create jpg's only from the images I like or process

 

[toohuge]

I only shoot raw and then use faststone image viewer to 'move' the images I like to another folder with a keyboard shortcut.

But really the way I improved on this problem was to be more disciplined in my photography to reduce my culling time

 

[Andy001z]

Any reason for saving both raw and jpg?

I only shoot raw, I cull the raw images and can create jpg's only from the images I like or process

Well a couple, one I tend to find viewing the RAW on the computer a slow process and also unless the viewer has an auto RAW profile (which I don't want) I want to see what the camera software thought was good settings, before I go tinkering.

Two, On camera the display will show the JPG by default, again showing me what the camera software things is the best image it can be. Just helpful in deciding if I need to change settings and such.

 

[Andy001z]

I only shoot raw and then use faststone image viewer to 'move' the images I like to another folder with a keyboard shortcut.

But really the way I improved on this problem was to be more disciplined in my photography to reduce my culling time

BINGO I have not used Faststone image viewer and it is just what I wanted.

I can tag images that I want to keep and then simply view non tagged images and select these and delete. Jobs done.

Thank you

 

[ecoleman]

Well a couple, one I tend to find viewing the RAW on the computer a slow process and also unless the viewer has an auto RAW profile (which I don't want) I want to see what the camera software thought was good settings, before I go tinkering.

Two, On camera the display will show the JPG by default, again showing me what the camera software things is the best image it can be. Just helpful in deciding if I need to change settings and such.

So two things here.

Firstly you mention using Canon DPP. I've never used this although did give a go once or twice and found it terribly sluggish. I suspect using better software would solve that problem.
Lightroom will apply an auto profile to your imports or you can choose your own profile such as camera matching profiles which mimic those on your camera. Obviously being raw you can change those should you wish in processing.

Secondly a raw file has a baked in jpg file anyway and that is what the camera will display on the back of the camera, so even if you are shooting in raw only you will still see the jpg on the back of the camera including the camera style that you choose. A camera is unable to display the raw file directly.

 

[Compuwight]

I only shoot raw and then use faststone image viewer to 'move' the images I like to another folder with a keyboard shortcut.

But really the way I improved on this problem was to be more disciplined in my photography to reduce my culling time

Thanks for the heads up, just downloaded 'Faststone' and my initial impressions are really good, should speed up my selection process and reduce disk space, before I import to LR.
I primarily photograph wildlife and thus have a large number of duds and the Raw files from my Nikon D860 are huge ...

 

[andrewc]

I'm not familiar with the D70. Does it have one card slot or two?

I shoot raw and jpg but save them onto different cards. I do the culling and sorting on the jpgs, and then use a lightroom plug in to match all the colour codes and ratings from the jpgs to the raws.

 

[Andy001z]

I'm not familiar with the D70. Does it have one card slot or two?

I shoot raw and jpg but save them onto different cards. I do the culling and sorting on the jpgs, and then use a lightroom plug in to match all the colour codes and ratings from the jpgs to the raws.

Just the one.

@ecolman Your bang on with the camera and the RAW files, I completely forgot that is how they work. Anyway I think I will give this a go and see if it's quick enough with just RAW and try that.