I STOP TO SHOOT Loc: By the No. CA Sea

Dear UHH;

I have had my Nikon D90 for 3 years, love it very much, but the problem I have been having lately, is that my camera (through Menu) is set in RAW.... and I don't change it. I shoot in M, A, & S. I set my White Balance and my ISO Usually at the lowest) I sometimes fiddle with my EV and change my F stops frequently.

Here is my problem, I will check before I start shooting and then somewhere down the line I will find my Raw is no longer in RAW but jpeg.

What am I hitting accidently that makes it change from Raw to jpeg? I know I need to train my eye to periodically check to see if it is in Raw. That is the only thing I use is RAW and it has been just in the last 2 months I have caught it shifting into jpeg?

Can you give me some tips on what I might be hitting for it to go into jpeg?

I thank you for your assistance in advance.

amehta Loc: Boston

This is changed by pressing the "QUAL" button on the lower left rear of the camera and turning the dial. I wonder if somehow you sometimes press the button with your nose, and as you try to change some other setting you are actually changing the image type.

dusty3d Loc: South Florida

I use a D90 and that has not happened with me. I checked amehta's response and it will change if you turn the dial. But I don't think that is what you are doing. Have you tried Nikon tech. support?

I STOP TO SHOOT Loc: By the No. CA Sea

ametha: Well, I do look at my pictures and hit qual, but usually don't use the dial at the same time, I don't think I do, but I must do that when this has happened I don't think my nose hits the camera, because I only use a tripod, but I will heed your wisdom and make sure I am not touching the qual and dial at the same time... Thank you this is worth being aware of....

I STOP TO SHOOT Loc: By the No. CA Sea

dusty3d: Yes after I read ametha's response, I also checked and saw that this happened. Thank you...

4AHart Loc: Buffalo, NY

Don't the reset to defaults buttons (green dots) revert the quality to JPEG? Not with my camera right now to check yet that might be the culprit.

Hope it is!

I STOP TO SHOOT Loc: By the No. CA Sea

4AHart: I will check this out...I just checked out and you are right, I set my bracketing (which I have been using bracketing lately) and then I cleared it and shot the RAW to norm... Thank you so much I bet this is the culprit....

Bless you... will have to focus on this and check it after I clear my bracketing...

amehta Loc: Boston

I never use reset because I don't want to have to remember all the settings I have decided to change. I should probably just make a list of them. :-)