Thanks!
Terence Devlin wrote:
exporting unmodified original exports only the jpg.
No, that exports the Raw if you select the raw.
How do I select the raw? Ah, your link gives the details but needs one more bit here:
However, you can edit the RAW photo, and use it as the main photo. To do this, select a photo and press Return to enter edit mode. As part of the information that Photos shows about this picture, it says which format it’s in. Here, Photos tells me that the photo above is being edited in JPEG mode.
Photos actually does not show me this information, perhaps a version issue? I have to do a cmd-I to get info to see that it is offering the jpg.
To switch to the RAW file, choose Image > Use RAW as Original, or right-click on the photo and choose Use RAW as Original. [KEY that I missed first time around: these options only show up in Edit mode, so you have to be in edit before you can SEE these options.]
Now I've got it.
honestly don't believe that Photos is suitable for a Raw shooter.
I agree. All photo apps I've investigated are problematic for my shooting habits (high volume of reference photos where I need detailed metadata to stick with the images, Faces and Eiffel-tower recognition AI can't help with detailed macros of closely related species); plus it's a hobby, so no full time employee to keep track of all the data! I've not found any photo apps that have all the features I want, so I have cobbled together a workflow from iPhoto, Bridge, and Photoshop; Aperture was a candidate until Apple killed it; and now iPhoto is deprecated (and won't even import the raw files from this new camera, since no updates). Regardless, I've got to work with and use Photos to share images between devices, frustrating as the options are, and I just need to know how to work with what I've got.
I'm always willing to learn about new, well-supported apps offered by companies that are going to keep the apps up for a few decades, so that I don't wind up in an Aperture situation again.
Mind you, I don't quite get shooting Raw+Jpeg either. What that actually gets you is Raw + Jpeg (the camera jpeg)+ Jpeg (the preview the app creates). Really rather a waste of space.
Raw + jpg is for quick snaps where I may not want to mess with the raw file because the image is not that important; where I need to share images within minutes with someone who only works with jpgs; and the new camera does better with jpgs than prior cameras did. But: I always want the capability to work with the raw file, when the camera does not see eye to eye with me.
