Raw processing versus jpg (Page 8): I found raw images are especially helpful in getting back shadow and highlight detail. Yes you do have to spend time editing. Duh. Jpegs can...

ppage Loc: Pittsburg, (San Francisco area)

I found raw images are especially helpful in getting back shadow and highlight detail. Yes you do have to spend time editing. Duh. Jpegs can sometimes give a flat looking sky or dark mountains and there isn't much room to save it. The camera has done it's processing and discarded the rest. Raws give you the opportunity to really customize your image in the way that suits you. If your not into editing, forget it. If your jpgs are fine to you, forget it. I have found a much greater range of possibilities to tweak the image than I have with jpgs.

Mountainlife

What I do is take most images in Jpegs. A few selected shots in RAW so if needed they could be processed to create great images. As for wild life/birds all shots in RAW because more detail
is there & only a few are worth keeping.

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

Well... I read about 4 pages worth of answers. They were all exactly the answers that would be expected. And they are all other people's answers.

I hope you realize that the only answer is...

I'm going to try both ways. I'm going to do the best I can... both ways.

Then I am going to decide for myself which direction I should take. Then I won't have others tell me which is better and what to do. What I decide will be best... FOR ME!

Barry

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

bbrowner wrote:

Well... I read about 4 pages worth of answers. They were all exactly the answers that would be expected. And they are all other people's answers.

I hope you realize that the only answer is...

I'm going to try both ways. I'm going to do the best I can... both ways.

Then I am going to decide for myself which direction I should take. Then I won't have others tell me which is better and what to do. What I decide will be best... FOR ME!

Barry

That is precisely the best way for anyone to decide. There are valid reasons to choose either or to choose both.

I shot jpeg for a couple of years, was curious about raw, so shot a week-at-the-beach in both, loaded all of em in Lightroom, and compared. I've shot almost exclusively raw ever since. How much a person likes developing their own images is a factor. For those who hate PP work, raw can be an unnecessary burden. I found that I enjoyed the PP almost as much as the picture-taking part, but everybody's different, and we all need to find what works best for us.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

I've seen some good pictures taken with a cell phone camera and I've seen (even taken) what I considered great pictures that were shot in jpeg. I don't really have a problem with either one of these approaches but neither is the approach I plan to use on a regular basis. For myself, I'll keep shooting in RAW mostly with my Sony A6000 (until I decide to upgrade to something else) only on rare occasions shooting in JPEG and even more rarely shooting with a cell-phone.

We all make our own choices but decisions are best reached after seeking information and advice so that we know the trade-offs. UHH is best used as a source of information and advice, but obviously no one has to follow that advice and no one should feel bad about heading in a different direction.

terry44 Loc: Tuolumne County California, Maui Hawaii

Nope you have so much more information in raw than a jpg, that you can work with.

gbernier505 wrote:

I have a Samsung nx500 camera, which I have used with great results over the last year or so using jpg format. After reading so much about using the raw format, I decided to try it. After using jpg+raw and editing the results, I find that my raw edited pictures seem to be no better than my jpg pictures. Am I missing something here.

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

I found that shooting RAW is a must on my older model Canons, but I can get away with JPEGS on the Sony.

SyZyGy Loc: Temple, NH

I'll add a two cents here as my first action on Ugly Hedgehog. This won't apply to the Samsung - but I use a Fuji XE1 and XT1 and have not yet been tempted to buy any processing/editing software. Sometimes I goof on the white balance or exposure compensation though - so when in doubt about that I shoot my best-guess-jpeg - and raw. If I like the jpeg I chuck the raw - but THE CAMERA can produce new jpegs from the raw file! I can mess with color, film simulation, brightness etc. in the camera - even B&W and crank out great jpegs with alternative settings in a short time. No, it won't replace editing software - but it can recover a goof to my satisfaction (or delight!). So in normal circumstances I use jpeg, and in weird or critical circumstances use jpeg+raw. I'm not prejudiced against software - but the cost/learning/time curve is a significant speed-bump for this amateur.

canon Lee

Jim Bob wrote:

You must understand that I really don't give a sh*... (show quote)

I get it. Well at least you are aware of your anti social temperment.

Lundberg02

This topic is boring and repetitive. Find out what RAW is, what you can do with it, then either use it or don't.

Jim Bob

canon Lee wrote:

I get it. Well at least you are aware of your anti social temperment.

Now that's a fair and accurate assessment.

gnawbone Loc: Southern Indiana

minniev wrote:

.........I found that I enjoyed the PP almost as much as the picture-taking part, but everybody's different, and we all need to find what works best for us.

Your comment sort of mirrors my thoughts. I like PP, I think it is fun.

The only time I shoot jpeg is when "the family" wants me to be the photographer for birthdays, Christmas, etc and any of those situations where i get co-opted - and don't care how the pictures come out. They get what they get and I don't get to enjoy the 'party' but that is a topic for another thread/day.

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

canon Lee wrote:

Hi. You are correct that shooting rapid motion like sports, is shot in JPEG for faster recycling & tracking. Someone like you that is working in sports photography would know more than those that don't

What is your opinon of the Canon 7DII?

Both the guys I work with use them as backups so they are very good.

rvhowdy

Thank you for your comments, Blackripley. I am an accompilished photographer, as I have managed to be ranked in the top 10-20% in several photography sites, Gurushots, Viewbug, etc. I have sold large pieces of my work to hotels, etc. But, I do not considerer myself a top photographer because I do not have a great grasp of post editing expertise. I know to up my game, I need to learn better post processing. I am learning Lightroom and photoshop. I am amazed how it is improving my photography.

BlackRipleyDog wrote:

I'm sorry Jim, what does your response even mean? ... (show quote)

BebuLamar

I think I am going to shoot JPEG. I will buy Fuji Provia 100 and shoot them slides and project them on my projector.