Why use jpeg at all?

[ErinP709]

Recently I set my camera to shoot raw and jpeg (before I just shot jpeg). Now that I have started editing some with the raw I am not sure I even need to bother with the jpeg files anymore. Is there any reason why I should continue to capuure in both formats?

Thanks.

 

[Overread36]

If you've not need of the JPEG don't use it and fit a few more RAW shots on your cards

JPEG is good when you need a photo fast and maybe don't have time to properly edit it before its needed. Maybe you need it for print or for fast selection/browsing - if not and you've no alternative reason for keeping the JPEGs then by all means shift to using RAW. Myself I've not shot a JPEG in years and shoot all the time in RAW

 

[ErinP709]

Thanks - That is what I thought but since I am a beginner I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

 

[mwcfarms]

When I am at a family function just for fun shots I shoot Jpeg, everything else is just RAW, super quick to convert a few to Jpeg and why waste more HD space.

 

[480sparky68 67]

I generally shoot raw + jpeg. The jpegs are used for a quick email, forum post, as well as sending to the Copyright Office. That way, I don't have to convert everything.

 

[nickzou]

I recently found something from high-school that I haven't seen in years and I wanted to share with some of my buddies. But my phone has been out of service for a few days now. So I shot the pic with my D7k. But it was set to RAW. And since PS cannot directly read D7k RAWs, I had to use the Adobe DNG converter. Then save it as a jpg in Photoshop just so I could show it on Facebook. Needless to say it was a pain in the ass and all could've been avoided if I had just shot jpg.

 

[ann]

Like several others i do both, for exactly the same reason. When I used my D100 (when I first started with digital ) I used TIFF as I wasn't sure about RAW and if I want to convert everything. What I have found with shooting both, i only have to convert those images I want to do heavy pp techniques with, as jpeg is fine for day to day stuff.

I tell my students, when I shoot my nephrew's brithday party it is jpeg, when i make art, it is RAW.

 

[bennielou]

I have tons of cards and storage space, so I just shoot everything RAW.

 

[KmH]

....And since PS cannot directly read D7k RAWs....

Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 3, and Elements 9, have been able to read D7000 Raw files since the release of ACR 6.3.

Camera Raw plug-in | Supported cameras

 

[skieur]

It depends on time available, workflow, the nature of the job and the type of editing envisaged. It also depends on how well you can edit jpegs. For the purposes of projection onto a screen or use as a small print in a public relations folder jpeg is fine. Even some publications do not pick up the technical weaknesses that you can see in the shot on a computer screeen, so for minor editing the difference between working in raw or with a jpeg would not be noticeable for some applications.

skieur

 

[Rosshole]

I have tons of cards and storage space, so I just shoot everything RAW.

This is the same exact reason that I shoot RAW + JPEG...

 

[Sassy01]

If I was to start shooting just RAW, what editing program would I need in order to edit/convert to JPEG?
right now I use Photoscape because it's free.

 

[Rosshole]

I use and really like lightroom. I know that others are very happy with Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). I don't know much about other programs so others will have to chime in too.

 

[KmH]

If I was to start shooting just RAW, what editing program would I need in order to edit/convert to JPEG?
right now I use Photoscape because it's free.

Your camera likely came with software for editing Raw files.

Photoscape supports Raw.

 

[KmH]

I use and really like lightroom. I know that others are very happy with Adobe Camera Raw (ACR).

Lightroom's Develop module is ACR, so you like ACR too.