Postprocess or Straight From the Camera?

Best of Pentax Forums Newsletter May 14, 2025

Do You Process, or Get It Right In The Camera?

Ansel Adams said that negatives were the equivalent of sheet music, while prints were musical performances. These days most photos are digital, of course, but Adams’ point remains: hitting the shutter creates a RAW file that you can then work with in Photoshop or the like. Or was Adams wrong? Why process you…