Do you continue to shoot JPEG even when you have the photo camera, that shoots RAW? Why?

Question

I hope, no.

>Also maybe if you don't have time to edit your images in post-processing
For these people exists the batch-processing and RAW+JPEG.

>i get alot more shots on a card, of course.
The memory card is cheap.
I recommend you to buy 8 GB card and use RAW+JPEG in stead of JPEG.

Answer 1

If you have the option of shooting RAW, you should only shoot JPEG if it's nothing you care about. I always shoot RAW if I'm doing a photoshoot or on a trip so that I can have the option of working up my photos much better, and printing larger if I wish to do so. But if I'm at a friend's birthday party, then I'll shoot JPEG since I know that the only place those photos are going is the Internet.

Answer 2

I shoot jpegs almost all the time, except for the ceremony and formals when I'm shooting a wedding. Those I shoot RAW + fine jpeg just in case I need to fine tune more that usual. Hardly ever do I use the RAW file, though. If you get the exposure and wb right in the first place, you really don't need the RAW file for most applications. YMMV.

Jeff Ascough, one of the top ten wedding photographers in the world shoots jpeg all the time. So do many photo journalists and magazine photographers. It all depends on what the final output needs to be, and whether you have a RAW workflow and what kind of software you are using. In Lightroom, you can adjust the jpegs almost as much as a Raw file, so you may see more people shooting jpegs.

Also RAW files are big. Some people just don't have the computing power to realistically work images that big. So there are many reasons why a person might not shoot RAW. If you are pixel peeping some people could tell a difference, but otherwise there's no discernible difference in the print.

Answer 3

I personally shoot in Raw, but if speed is more important to you than image quality (if you were taking wildlife or sports pictures, perhaps) then you might shoot in JPEG. Also maybe if you don't have time to edit your images in post-processing, but then you probably shouldn't have bought such an expensive camera in the first place!

Answer 4

Shooting at 6 megapixels I find jpeg fine for printing up to A4 size. i get alot more shots on a card, of course.

Anything "arty" I shoot in RAW format. Anything else, including a lot of portraiture, environmental portraiture, sports and landscapes I am happy with jpeg.

Answer 5

Depends on what you want to use the photo for. Most consumer uses only need JPEG. But if you're shooting professionally or shooting for a medium or large format output you should shoot RAW.

Answer 6

Because Raw was too large file than Jpg file,Raw File have to take longest hours to download to your CD-Rom,Jpg File taken shortest hours to download.

Answer 7

Here is a good article to read about shooting RAW.

http://blogs.lexar.com/michaelfox/2006/09/dealing_with_ra.html

http://www.lexar.com/dp/tips_lessons/index.html

Hope that helps,
Kevin