Why do you not shoot in RAW format?
KevinA65 wrote:
Johnnie wrote: I photograph in both RAW and JPG. I find that JPG with the correct settings can give wonderful results. Get it right in camera and things will be fine. I shoot Raw for critical shoots where important detail is required.
Agree 100% Raw when needed ( Import. Photos), and Jpeg when just doing a walk and shoot,
I humbly disagree. With modern programs like Lightroom and the price of HDDs coming down and down there's no excuse for shooting jpeg only. Lightroom can be set up to handle your RAW files the way you like them (and does a better job than in camera, the NR and sharpening alone are better and you can use something like a colorchecker passport to do your own profiles for more accurate colour).
When you're doing casual shooting you never know when you'll see something worthy of RAW so to speak (like a sunset or something) so respectfully you should always shoot RAW unless your income depends on you getting the files out fast.
Johnnie didn't say he shoots jpeg only. He shoots RAW+Jpeg... RAW+Jpeg is fine if you want that, but never Jpeg on it's own (if you're serious about photography that is).
KCook wrote:
It's all a matter of degree. You could just as easily say that anybody shooting with less than 35mm Full Frame is not serious about photography.never Jpeg on it's own (if you're serious about photography that is)
Jpegs are like slides: what comes out of the camera is pretty much done cooking.
Raw are like negs: there are still plenty of processing options before the photo is finished.
They used to say "serious photographers shoot slides." Of course this was just as much BS as serious photographers shoot raw.
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