RAW Format worthwhile as an archive copy?
The advantage of using RAW (or DNG) to archive, is that you have saved every single pixel the camera took when you pressed the shutter button. If you get better in your post work, you can go back to them and re-edit them to make them better than before.
Also, in the future, new software may give you even more choices for editing -- with more dynamic range.
So yes, keeping the RAW is like keeping a film negative. It's the original and can be re-used over and over again.
The software Canon gave you has the ability to edit the camera's RAW files too.
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Good question Dewayne. I have been running mostly jpeg for the space and buffer savings you mentioned. I think under some circumstances I might forgo the use of RAW but on the other hand I need to start using it more than I do now. “Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
MLKstudios wrote: The advantage of using RAW (or DNG) to archive, is that you have saved every single pixel the camera took when you pressed the shutter button. If you get better in your post work, you can go back to them and re-edit them to make them better than before.
Also, in the future, new software may give you even more choices for editing -- with more dynamic range.
I only discard the raw files if I am 110% positive that I will never, ever want to re-process the photo.
Possibly faster memory cards would allow you to take more pics before the buffer filled. Even my oldest DSLRs could take 6 to 8 shots in a row before bogging down. I was shooting raw only though.
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