RAW or JPEG (Page 8): Raw is the format for capture and editing--JPEG for printing--Can't imagine doing it any other way Stan...

stan0301 Loc: Colorado

Raw is the format for capture and editing--JPEG for printing--Can't imagine doing it any other way
Stan

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

Carl A wrote:

How many use RAW over JPEG

Raw

Wellhiem Loc: Sunny England.

Kuzano wrote:

RAW... film raw only. Just sold and shipped off my last digital camera. Now shooting only film.

Shooting Large Format, as the film sheet is 13 times bigger than Full Frame camera sensors. Digital will never catch up. 4X5 inch film sheets.

Wet chemistry all the way. No digitizing of images from now on.

I've been reading way too much on this site about the uncertainty and untruth's as to what's best.

Film.

In terms of quality, I would agree with you. But. Would you go through all that effort and then let Walmart do the developing? That's the equivalent of shooting in Jpeg in the digital world.

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

RAW + Jpeg

Photo One Loc: Clearwater Florida

Carl A wrote:

How many use RAW over JPEG

Raw + JPEG Always.

Balboa Loc: NJ

In the beginning I used jpeg didn't even know what RAW was for but as I learned more about my equipment and PP software and I began shooting raptors which move quite fast it necessitated me to shoot RAW. Since shooting fast moving objects with varying light, distance etc most of the time the pix need some PP so in this case RAW makes sense since PP is more productive in RAW.

RussJump Loc: Central Point,Or

RAW only

dhspeck

When photoing primarily people at an event I usually use a reduced-quality JPEG for small prints or online gallery. For large format, esp. outdoors, I use RAW.

Ed-Likes-Pics Loc: Longmont CO

blackest wrote:

Hard to answer I use both, generally the jpeg is good to browse with if it needs tweaking then i work with raw. If the photo is bad I delete both.

with the cost of sd cards being so low you can store many hours worth of photography on the camera, pick the shots worth keeping and store those then empty the card and reuse.

There is no good reason to not use both, think of it as insurance.

Same here. I don't post process very many pictures, but with storage so cheap, it's nice to always have the option to post process from raw.

country Loc: back woods

Carl A wrote:

How many use RAW over JPEG

jpeg.....

jakraig

Memory is cheap. I work in RAW and review in JPEG, so I shoot raw+jpeg.

I am an old man, I have been shooting since high school. When I converted to digital I went to JPEG. A friend explained why I should work in Raw, I have never looked back. The depth of information in the RAW file is incredible. You don't have to be perfect in your capture of a picture when you shoot raw you can fix it later.

I have never shot Cannon but using Nikon, Raw and Photoshop is simply marvelous. Using raw it looks like I know what I'm doing even when I make mistakes.

amehta Loc: Boston

jakraig wrote:

Memory is cheap. I work in RAW and review in JPEG... (show quote)

This statement, "you don't have to be perfect in your capture of a picture when you shoot raw you can fix it later," is where the visceral reaction against raw comes from. But I think that I, at least, need to stop hearing "I didn't bother trying to get it perfect," and instead hear, "I did the best I could, but sometimes it's not perfect."

t_jay Loc: California

amehta wrote:

This statement, "you don't have to be perfect in your capture of a picture when you shoot raw you can fix it later," is where the visceral reaction against raw comes from. But I think that I, at least, need to stop hearing "I didn't bother trying to get it perfect," and instead hear, "I did the best I could, but sometimes it's not perfect."

I agree with you 100%. But I also think there is, or at least can be, a degree of "I didn't bother to get it right" in a lot of the "you can fix it later". There's something to be said for having to toss out shots you flubbed. It makes you careful and conscientious the next time. Excellence becomes a habit, as does sloppiness.

amehta Loc: Boston

t_jay wrote:

I agree with you 100%. But I also think there is, or at least can be, a degree of "I didn't bother to get it right" in a lot of the "you can fix it later". There's something to be said for having to toss out shots you flubbed. It makes you careful and conscientious the next time. Excellence becomes a habit, as does sloppiness.

Yes, that is certainly true, and I think I will have to separate the general approach from the specific actions. So if someone posts a picture and says, "I don't like this picture, I'll be back tomorrow, what should I do differently," and the response is, "don't bother, just fix it in post," I will object to that strongly if there are ways to make the picture better in pre-processing. But I will give individuals the benefit of the doubt that they are generally trying to get the best "shot on film" that they can.

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

"Get it right" is an absurd statement. It might only apply to studio shooting. In the field most of us depend on our camera white balance and exposure algorithms which can be wildly far from "right".