RAW or JPEG

[9VIII]

I shoot raw, but there are times when you're going to burst shoot a lot - sports shooters mostly - and shooting m-jpeg allows for faster selecting and editing to make a deadline. This is the exception - not the rule.

Depending on the type of action, I'll occasionally switch down to mRAW on the 1D4. This enables way faster buffer clearance especially with a high performance CF card on the job (currently Lexar 32Gb 1000x CF). Plus if there is a lot of 10 fps shooting at events like track and field athletics or swimming, mRAW means you're not switching cards so often. Athletics and swimming venues frequently have wildly mixed lighting, and JPEG with AWB just doesn't always cut it.

-PW

I took some youtube advice once and tried shooting JPEG to increase my buffer performance.
So the day I try doing that I get some decent pictures of a hawk (when most of my targets are usually pigeons), but the exposure was a little off, with no way to correct.
Half as many shots in RAW would have been better.

 

[J.R.]

I shoot RAW 100% of the time.

However, being a hobby shooter, I photograph my family and friends quite a bit who need "instant" results. I usually shift to RAW + sJPG when I know people will beat my door for the photographs without giving me time to post-process.

 

[Narcolepsy]

100% Raw I need all the help I can get too cover my crap technique..

+1
Started out with jpegs as I was worried about disk space. Too many unsaveable shots. Bought a larger hard drive and lots of external hard drives....

 

[alexanderferdinand]

RAW, 100%.

 

[verysimplejason]

100% RAW. I need more headroom because my equipment and me isn't perfect but constantly strive for the perfect photo.

 

[Skirball]

I think we have enough people here to go in on a group purchase of some T-shirts that say "100% RAW".

 

[privatebydesign]

I think we have enough people here to go in on a group purchase of some T-shirts that say "100% RAW".

You can't be familiar with froknowsphoto.com

 

[Skirball]

I think we have enough people here to go in on a group purchase of some T-shirts that say "100% RAW".

You can't be familiar with froknowsphoto.com

I am, but I believe his says "I shoot RAW"? That was mentioned on page 1.

 

[Richard8971]

I only switch to JPEG when I want long bursts of continuous shots, following some active subject, hoping for the perfect shot to pop out the string. Shooting raw overwhelms the buffer too quickly.

Oh, I also use JPEG when checking the autofocus on a lens, so that I can zoom in something finer than the thumbnail JPEG in raw images on the back screen.

Other than that, it is raw all the way.

X2 8)

 

[mbworldz]

1000% RAW. The way I setup my 1DX is Large RAW plus small JPEG.

Unless shooting 14fps with the 1DX, it will be jpg.

 

[duydaniel]

This thread shouldn't be going too long. It is pointless to argue between the 2
UNLESS
you are using something like D800 where 36 MP maybe problematic storing the raw files.

I shoot raw even for facebook posting

 

[Skirball]

Surely you see the irony of resurrecting a dying thread to tell us that this thread should die off?

 

[Hobby Shooter]

Almost o ly RAW, sometimes jpeg for insignificant stuff.

 

[serendipidy]

Surely you see the irony of resurrecting a dying thread to tell us that this thread should die off?

Don't call him Shirley ;D

 

[Hobby Shooter]

Surely you see the irony of resurrecting a dying thread to tell us that this thread should die off?

Don't call him Shirley ;D

Have you also had a couple of drinks? That was the highlight of the year 8)

 

[TexPhoto]

Imagine a day when people worry more about their photos than their file format.

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

Imagine a day when people worry more about their photos than their file format.

Imagine the day when the 50 terabytes of RAW files stored in the "cloud" can not be accessed by a photographer who believed that their photos were safe...

 

[TexPhoto]

Imagine a day when people worry more about their photos than their file format.

Imagine the day when the 50 terabytes of RAW files stored in the "cloud" can not be accessed by a photographer who believed that their photos were safe...

Okay, you worry about the thing I said, and I'll do yours and then we switch.

 

[greger]

Like others I started with jpegs and changed to raw only after needing to enhance my pics to fix things that weren't quite
right in the pic. I started to use DPP to increase the contrast to 3 and sharpen to 7. I convert and save to TIFF and quality
jpegs so I can attach the jpegs to emails so I can email them to friends. Mail compresses the jpegs nicely to keep it to around 1 gig or less for emails. I want to learn how to print from DPP so i can ditch PS.

 

[Dylan777]

100% Raw I need all the help I can get too cover my crap technique..

You beat me to the punch. This is exactly my attitude!

I'm 2nd to that...been shooting both Raw + JPEG. With 2 kids(2+5yrs), I have no time for editing raw. Been keeping a lot of jpeg lately :-\