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crazzy88ss
Usually I shoot in jpg, but lately I've been doing a lot more RAW, and I'm starting to lean to only RAW.
teriba
Mostly JPEG, unless the situation demands RAW (variable WB mostly).
Tantawi
RAW all of the time. I just want to get what the camera sees, not what it's JPEG processing/engine sees. Then I PP myself so I can get exactly what I want.

Off topic: teriba, slow down dude! sex will kill you one day biggrin.gif
maudit
mostly JPEG for snapshots, for thorough, staged and thought about. RAW
Brandon
Most of the time JPEG at medium size (6MP). For stuff I will be cropping, JPEG at 10MP and for portraits / creative things which I will adjust a lot more, then RAW. I don't see the point in 14MB files when Im shooting sports
insanekiwi
jpg all the time. enough for me and i'm not thaaat professional rofl.gif
Swift_Monkey
Raw + Jpg for me.
Canon G9 does both Formats for the one shot.
tunafish
RAW for my D200 smile.gif
Dallas
Just recently started using RAW. Wow so much better. I shot in RAW + JPG one time just to see the difference, the colors are much more saturated in RAW
giga
RAW 100%.
5Horizons
RAW all the time.
T0Y S0LDIER
JPG at the moment. Shot a few in RAW recently and found that if I want to do that, I need to move up from a 1 gig card if I'm taking a lot, heh.
Xtreme $niper
RAW all the time, primarily for the sweet Camera Raw controls Photoshop CS3 has. The main thing that I benefit from is the ability to alter the white balance, because most of the time my camera doesn't seem to get it right.
Mr Spoon
What is the difference between JPEG and RAW?
Not sure if my G7 does raw but will be getting a Nikon D60 soon, which I think does shoot in raw. From what I have read above, raw images are stupidly larger? Why is that? I would apreciate a human response, not a link tongue.gif
-Alex-
JPG all the time smile.gif
giga
Quote - (Mr Spoon @ Feb 16 2008, 16:21) *
What is the difference between JPEG and RAW?
Not sure if my G7 does raw but will be getting a Nikon D60 soon, which I think does shoot in raw. From what I have read above, raw images are stupidly larger? Why is that? I would apreciate a human response, not a link tongue.gif

A raw file is the straight data recorded by the camera. Unlike jpeg files, a raw is uncompressed and does not apply any of the in-camera processing such as white balance, sharpening, noise reduction, etc. Because of this, raw files must be processed on your computer--where you can do all the processing that a jpeg straight out of the camera does but with far more control and recovery.

Jpegs, in addition to be compressed, only store 8-bits per channel and thus clipping can occur in the shadows/highlights (dynamic range). Raw has saved me countless times when I didn't get the proper exposure of the image.
Pandya
RAW all the time. Not much point using JPEG when I have RAW available. I've occaisonally used RAW+JPEG mode on my camera, when I've wanted to show pictures direct from the camera on someone else's computer.
Pink Floyd
both all the time. I use normal small jpeg to have something to print quickly
metro
I always shoot for a purpose with my Nikon. If I need snapshots then I have a point & shoot for that which hasn't been used in almost a year. RAW is all I use being that I need full control of everything that I do with my images for what I do.
SirEvan
Raw all the way.

I paid thousands of dollars for my equipment, so why should I accept what nikon thinks my pictures should look like with their post processing? That, and you get more detail, and sharper images when you shoot raw. There is no way in hell that i would shoot jpg, unless it was party pictures or snapshots, in which case i still would use my pocket point and shoot camera, the S51c. Every new body I get gets set to RAW and stays there. with total available storage at 28GB right now for my camera, with a 32GB card, I have more than enough space for 16MB raw files.
Chonson
Raw always. Its lossless and gives many more possibilites once you get it into photoshop/lightroom etc
Hexlord
Raw is good, and I use it for some portraiture shoots. However, for most part, I shoot in JPEG. smile.gif
DJ Prem
JPG because my digital camera only supports JPG
o0moonman0o
raw only, and storage media is cheap these days.
peachey
I only have a Point+Shoot so JPG all the time for me =(
Sam
Both, when set to RAW my camera shoots a jpg at the same time. Its good to get a quick preview in explorer, but I always use the RAW for everything else.
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