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12 years 9 months ago #124704 by Pettigrew
RAW here, my point and shoot camera is taking photos in JPG
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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #124710 by Henry Peach
I shoot raw only, because I'm not a fan of the in-camera processing provided with the cameras I use.

The advantage of raw is that I get to take control of the processing with the tools and techniques I choose. I get to start with all the information the sensor captured, and can go back to the beginning or any step and start over at any time. With a calibrated monitor I get to adjust processing by eye.

The advantage of jpeg is that it's fast and convenient.

It's a similar choice as people make when they drop their film off at the photo lab or go into a darkroom and do it themselves.
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12 years 9 months ago #124775 by Sha Nea
OK I just find it to be a little rude. A few people mention "we have covered this topic". So what. Cover it again. More and more people are becoming members to this site, some people are newbies to photography. Some people never shot raw nor understand it. So help the person out, instead of stating...we talked about raw vs jpeg.


I for one shoot raw, I love how I can create the photo in PP.
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12 years 9 months ago #124884 by Scotty

Sha Nea wrote: OK I just find it to be a little rude. A few people mention "we have covered this topic". So what. Cover it again. More and more people are becoming members to this site, some people are newbies to photography. Some people never shot raw nor understand it. So help the person out, instead of stating...we talked about raw vs jpeg.


I for one shoot raw, I love how I can create the photo in PP.


We're in the process of merging some of those threads and there will be links. We strongly encourage for people to use the search feature as well.

Thanks for your input!
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and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
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12 years 9 months ago #125163 by luckywish1
do you think it is ok for me to take picture in raw now with my canon rebel t2i? the last few months i have been taking pictures with Jpeg but i would like to take some picture of raw but i dont know if im ready yet?
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12 years 9 months ago #125178 by KCook
If your software is ready for RAW, then you are ready for RAW. Lame software can force an early conversion from RAW to TIFF. And TIFF does work. But at that point JPG might be less hassle than the RAW - TIFF - JPG daisy chain. Different strokes for different folks.

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12 years 9 months ago #127969 by effron
www.photopoly.net/advantages-of-shooting-raw/
Why so serious?
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12 years 7 months ago #151209 by orion
I was wondering, I use a Nikon D90 and shoot in jpeg fine and then do any processing in photoshop.

What are the advantages in shooting in Raw? And when would you?


Silly question?
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12 years 7 months ago #151231 by Dori
Look Here You will find lots of info!

No, not a silly question!
Don't pi$$ me off, I am running out of room to store the bodies...

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12 years 7 months ago #151249 by geoffellis
Personally, I shoot RAW+Fine Jpeg on my D80. To date i really havent touched the raw files... but i figure one day ill master the art of post processing and figure i can go back and do it better later.

It does mean organizing 2 files on your drive... and it will take up 3x as much diskspace... but nowadays diskspace is cheap. a portable 1TB HDD is only like 100$ now lol - And that can realistically hold about 60,000 photos shot in RAW and Jpeg (I just did the math based on an average file size of 11MB for RAW, 4MB for Jpeg, and removed space on the drive for formatting lol)
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12 years 7 months ago #151251 by photobod
A raw file contains all the data you need to change almost anything about your photograph such as the white balance plus lots more, it gives you a much larger range to work with, as a jpeg is far more limited.
Shoot in raw only, save a copy of those raw files to an external hard drive that way no matter what happens you will always have the originals if something horrible goes wrong with your processing, then work on your raw files until you have what you want and save it as a jpeg then.
If you shoot in raw plus jpeg you will need a lot of card space.
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"A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." - Irving Penn
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12 years 7 months ago #151325 by LauraD
Initially, I was pretty intimidated by shooting in RAW ...I have only recently started shooting in RAW and have found that it really is not that difficult to work with in processing and it gives me a lot more control over how I process my photographs ....if you are using PS or Lightroom there are some really good books on how to do it.
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12 years 7 months ago #151554 by effron
Read this............
www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/RAW-file-format.htm
Why so serious?
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12 years 7 months ago #151560 by Stealthy Ninja
I'm combining this thread to the other massive RAW (vs Jpeg) thread... which is now 4 threads in one.
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12 years 7 months ago #151562 by Stealthy Ninja
Another thread added...

Please visit here before posting a new thread:
www.photographytalk.com/forum/new-to-pho...ting-a-thread#124574

Thanks: :)
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