Dori wrote: 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 )
That's not finding what is superior. That's finding what you are comfortable using. That is two very different things. RAW is superior, it just may not be what you are comfortable using.Jeanie in the lens wrote:
Dori wrote: 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 )
For me, jpeg is superior to raw, because I don't shoot raw. In the end, I think it's up to the individual if they find, raw, jpeg or even tiff to be superior to one another.
Jeanie in the lens wrote: For me, jpeg is superior to raw, because I don't shoot raw. In the end, I think it's up to the individual if they find, raw, jpeg or even tiff to be superior to one another.
Dori wrote: 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 )
Jeanie in the lens wrote: For me, jpeg is superior to raw, because I don't shoot raw. In the end, I think it's up to the individual if they find, raw, jpeg or even tiff to be superior to one another.
Henry Peach wrote: I'm playing the devil's advocate here. I shoot raw 100% of the time - even family snaps, for all the reasons mentioned. But I know there are folks who don't do processing, and still do a good job. In the last 123 years very few photographers took control of their own processing. George Eastman came up with machines to do the developing and printing right after film took off. Except for high school and college photo classes not many amateurs or pros were working in the darkroom. Today there are more photographers taking control of their own processing than ever, but some folks still find it tedious.
Henry Peach wrote: In that case a 16x20 view camera and sheet film is superior to it all. Yet millions of photographers make a different choice.
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