Which do you shoot in? Raw? Jpg? Both?

[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 Subscriber²]

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 :D

[Draconian Guppy]

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:

[Swift_Monkey]

Raw + Jpg for me.

Canon G9 does both Formats for the one shot.

[tunafish]

RAW for my D200 :)

[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 Veteran]

RAW 100%.

[5Horizons]

RAW all the time.

[McKrout]

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.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

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 :p

[-Alex-]

JPG all the time :)

[giga Veteran]

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 :p

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.

[Prince Charming]

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 Veteran]

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.

[Guest]

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. :)

[Premgenius]

JPG because my digital camera only supports JPG

[o0moonman0o]

raw only, and storage media is cheap these days.

[p858snake]

I only have a Point+Shoot so JPG all the time for me =(