RAW vs Jpeg (All in one thread)

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

Cruso wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote: You're right, this has been discussed ad nauseum.

Search the forum, you'll find the answer.

Thanks, but I already got my answer. And sometimes us newbies rather just ask the question instead of searching. The question is already in our head, so we like to get out asap.

Google is your friend.

Yes, but I like to interact with people.

Cruso wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

Cruso wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote: You're right, this has been discussed ad nauseum.

Search the forum, you'll find the answer.

Thanks, but I already got my answer. And sometimes us newbies rather just ask the question instead of searching. The question is already in our head, so we like to get out asap.

Google is your friend.

Yes, but I like to interact with people.

Facebook is your friend.

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

Cruso wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

Cruso wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote: You're right, this has been discussed ad nauseum.

Search the forum, you'll find the answer.

Thanks, but I already got my answer. And sometimes us newbies rather just ask the question instead of searching. The question is already in our head, so we like to get out asap.

Google is your friend.

Yes, but I like to interact with people.

Facebook is your friend.

I like to interact with people of the photography nature....my friends on FB suck. lol

That's it! I'm removing you as my FB friend. There! Now it sucks a little less...

Folks are a little touchy tonight. Is it that end of the world thing. If so, remember it will happen in the far east early so the rest of us can pack our gear.

I agree that things seem a little weird. I'm not worried about the world ending today.
It is just hard sometimes to know if a post is serious or just joking around. For example, I can be a cocky and sarcastic person, but people that don't know me probably just think I am a witch. People that really know me, know it is just a personality disorder!! (the disorder thing is a joke by the way) LOL

Back to the topic at hand. I have read pros and cons for shooting in RAW. I suppose that is to be expected as we all have different preferences in life. I'm not experienced enough to have a real opinion as to which is best between RAW and JPEG.

Well I am still learning, but I only shoot in jpeg and probably will never touch raw.

With my el cheapo monitor I have a hard time seeing any difference at all between JPG and RAW. But I still shoot RAW. On the theory that "some day" I will upgrade to a PP platform good enough to appreciate the difference. So you could say my RAW path is faith based. Izzit 6PM yet?

Kelly

Baydream wrote: Folks are a little touchy tonight. Is it that end of the world thing. If so, remember it will happen in the far east early so the rest of us can pack our gear.

FB and Google are your friends.

MommaGator wrote: It is just hard sometimes to know if a post is serious or just joking around.

I was completely 10000000% serious in every single way. I always am... see:

LOL how anyone could think I'm being serious when I say:
XYZ is your friend. over and over I don't know.


To the OP. You did a great job not getting mad, I was trying pretty hard.

Baydream wrote: Folks are a little touchy tonight. Is it that end of the world thing. If so, remember it will happen in the far east early so the rest of us can pack our gear.

Dude, if the world's blowing up, why bother packing your gear?!

Once you become accustomed to editing in RAW, it becomes much, much faster than JPEG editing. I couldn't imagine doing a 1000 images in JPEG. It's a breeze in RAW.

Matthew

PS No real damage to the original, plus it's good to archive in DNG (Adobe's RAW format).

MLKstudios wrote: Once you become accustomed to editing in RAW, it becomes much, much faster than JPEG editing. I couldn't imagine doing a 1000 images in JPEG. It's a breeze in RAW.

Matthew

PS No real damage to the original, plus it's good to archive in DNG (Adobe's RAW format).

Correct. Listen to this guy!

Jpeg = processing by prediction with the manufacturer provided in-camera processing software.

Raw = processing by inspection with the processing software of your choice.

Digital photos start out raw, and if displayed on the web or having prints made they probably end up as jpegs, so raw and jpeg are both steps in the creation of a digital photograph. The dial on the camera just sets where the processing is done and what tools the photographer gets to use to do it.

The premise that raw is better than jpeg is based on the idea that a human brain with some practice, combined with a calibrated monitor and decent processing software, can probably do a better job than the in-camera processing software does.

Stealthy: You must be bored, man. If you don't want to hear the same old questions don't hang in the beginners forum, because I guarantee there are only about six different questions that get asked.

I have read endlessly and can't see why RAW is superior to JPG. I tried RAW with Gimp but all it did was convert the photo to JPG for editing. What am I missing. (Besides the obvious )

Raw will not stay RAW after editing. Save a copy of your RAW file in another folder. Then, once you start editing, save interim files in something like TIFF (you won't loose additional data with each save). Once you are ready to publish or print, then save as jpeg.
The RAW file is your negative.

Thanks, your last sentence explained it!!