#FASTRAWVIEWER TRIAL SOFTWARE#

AFAIK, only a few like Rawdigger and Fast Raw Viewer give us a true raw histogram which you can not see when shooting of course, but is still helpful when culling. From that view, the actual raw file can probably take 1/3 stop or so more exposure without blowing out the highlights. So the best we can do with the camera histogram is set the Picture Mode to Flat or Highlight Priority for a more accurate readout.

#FASTRAWVIEWER TRIAL SOFTWARE#

Most software and in-camera histograms are representative of the jpeg readout, not raw unfortunately.

It is fun to finally be deleting all those jpegs that just sat there except for occasional viewing with a windows viewer.Īnother slick thing I am enjoying with FastStone is that with a left click and hold, it zooms in to 100% view right on the spot where you put the cursor instantly. With a decent viewer I am no longer shooting raw + jpegs.

Hopefully I can change my in-camera setting to rotate them and that will tag the raw file in the viewers. The only issue I am having with FastStone is that it does not automatically rotate my vertical compositions. Also it has focus peaking that shows the in focus areas I think. FastStone is free, but Fast Raw Viewer is only $20, which is pretty darn cheap if it has a good raw histogram that is accurate. I was wondering if anyone is using Fast Raw Viewer however because it appears to have a good raw histogram, and how you like it. A neat feature is that with a click and hold, it zooms in to 100% for checking sharpness and focus. I have it set so a single stoke of the delete key and the non-keeper image is gone to the recycle bin while viewing the images. Lightroom is running a bit slow for me so I have been using FastStone Image Viewer for culling and it is working fast to zip through the files. Winter means culling time for me and I am trying to speed it up.

Fastrawviewer trial