RAW or jpg?

[truephotoga]

I was wondering what do you shoot in, RAW or jpg?

 

[480sparky68 67]

Wasn't there a poll on this about a month ago?

 

[skieur]

Both! It depends on the nature of the shoot and the quality that you want or need, as well as the time that you want to spend on editing or tweaking your shots. For public relation shots which will be displayed in small formats such as 6 by 4 or smaller sized prints in a folder, I would tend to use jpeg. For a book or magazine cover, major advertising feature, poster etc. I would shoot raw.

skieur

 

[manaheim]

Wasn't there a poll on this about a month ago?

Try weekly.

 

[mishele]

Did someone say pole?

 

[480sparky68 67]

Wasn't there a poll on this about a month ago?

Try weekly.

OK, I'll have to save my response into my Clipboard Manager.

My default is raw + jpeg. Having the raw gives me the best original to edit, the jpeg for a quick-n-dirty edit & post, as well as for copyrighting purposes. If I know for 100% sure the image will never be needed for more than posting on the innernets or for email, I'll shoot a small, basic jpeg.

 

[mishele]

^^^^^^ what he said....I shoot both.

 

[KmH]

I shoot TIFF. Why wasn't that even a choice?

 

[chaosrealm93]

RAW

 

[JWellman]

I used to shoot both, now just RAW.

 

[Phranquey]

 

[Overread36]

skieur summed it up well that, once you've learnt to use JPEG and RAW (and for those that have it TIFF) it then becomes a case of choosing the right mode for the given situation and style of workflow you want.

Myself I shoot all the time in RAW, only really slipping out from time to time in JPEG when I'm shooting family snaps and the photos really are just snaps that I won't be spending time editing much nor presenting at large sizes.

Did someone say pole?

Yes - so get yourself dancing Mish!

Better bring a spare pole for erose too!

 

[KmH]

A raw image data file is like a film negative. Most camera makers have their own proprietary Raw file type, like Nikon's .NEF and Canon's .CR2, though some camea makers use Adobe's .DNG open source Raw file type.

At any rate, a Raw file has to be developed outside the camera, then edited to one degree or another before it can be finished for electronic display or as a print.

Bit Depth
Image Types: JPEG & TIFF File Formats
Tutorials – The RAW File Format

JPEG (Joint Photography Experts Group) was designed to be a universal, final, made right in the camera, ready for for electronic display or as a print. Of course the editing that is done to a JPEG in the camera before it is shown to you on the rear LCD, was chosen on by a committee of Japanese camera software engineers long before you ever released the camera shutter.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

I always use RAW/JPG.

Often the JPGs are "good enough" (family reunion, staff party, or whatever...). But if I am shooting a special event (graduation, senior portrait, sporting event, or model, or something that I will want to edit... Its best to have the RAW.

 

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