dawg4ever Loc: Florida

For fear I'm showing my ignorance, can someone explain JPG vs. RAW? And the pros and cons of RAW. Thanks

dspoon2 Loc: Rockwall TX

lots of good info/tutorials if you google RAW or RAW vs Jpeg

traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.

Please check here in the FAQs

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-26507-1.html

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

Try reading this topic.

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-44050-1.html

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CocoaRoger Loc: Cocoa Florida

When you shoot RAW you are recording everything. When you shoot jpg you are capturing what the engineers who designed your camera think it should look like. RAW gives you much greater latitude in PP (post processing). I have these photo's for just this subject. I went to a museum, got out of the car and forgetting to change the settings took this picture of the fountain. Here's the jpg as it looked straight out of the camera, then as I adjusted it the best I could with Photoshop, then the RAW file as I adjusted it. As you can see, working with RAW gives you a much greater ability to make adjustments and it would suck to come down off the Great Wall of China or the Great Pyramid or a family reunion to find you had the wrong exposure or something like that.

dawg4ever Loc: Florida

Fascinating - the knowledge you people have about photography, and your willingness to share it with others. I could read all your comments for hours, but I have work to do. Thanks for the input and answers you've given me about beginning photography, raw vs jpeg, etc. I hope someday I'll be able to understand it all. :D

CocoaRoger Loc: Cocoa Florida

I shoot RAW anytime I think that I may want to do PP or anytime the lighting is questionable or low. RAW gives you much more information and leeway when it comes to PP. Especially if it's a professional assignment. I might spend just one afternoon shooting for someone yet spend another 40 hours just going through and doing PP at home and RAW gives me the ability to go back through and make better adjustments than jpg. There's nothing wrong with jpg either. But it's the result of what the designers of the camera think your photo should look like. As the photographer or author of the photo it should be you that makes that final decision.