RAW/Jpeg Shooting Poll
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fastworldimages
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Raw for portraits and automotive location stuff (+ large Jpeg)
only large Jpeg for motorsport/sport/music events
only large Jpeg for motorsport/sport/music events
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I shoot both pretty much all the time.
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I`m sick of reading this. If I do a shoot of a shoot and I have 1000+ images to sort and sell,quickly, to slightly peed people, how do I do that if I shoot RAW only?
Horses for courses, use what you need and make the most of it.Sweeping generalisations like the above are becoming the ill informed norm on here.
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I shoot everything raw and JPEG. Just makes sense to me.
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A NoBS way:
http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/tutorial063.php
I do use Raw myself most of the time though.
http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/tutorial063.php
I do use Raw myself most of the time though.
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Both!!! if its important I use both, raw to 1 card and jpg to another so if for any reason the raw card failed I would at least have jpg.
If I need to get things printed immediately I use jpg as its a lot faster and either its right in camera or I get beaten with a big stick!!
Depends what you are using the files for though, yes raw gives more info, but jpg is better if you are doing an event or similar where the files are printed immediately and its known that there will be little any use for them afterwards..
If I need to get things printed immediately I use jpg as its a lot faster and either its right in camera or I get beaten with a big stick!!
Depends what you are using the files for though, yes raw gives more info, but jpg is better if you are doing an event or similar where the files are printed immediately and its known that there will be little any use for them afterwards..
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If I'm looking for one or two shots from a set to be 'the one' then I shoot raw, but if I'm taking pictures of an event/conference/exhibition or set of portrait shots then to minimise PP time I shoot jpgs.
I'd love to shoot everything raw but when I've got lots to process it's another step which I'd like to avoid.
I'd love to shoot everything raw but when I've got lots to process it's another step which I'd like to avoid.
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Recent RAW convert!
I don't use all of the images from shoots, i've had a pretty awful 'success rate' of pics taken recently... I've got too much spare time, so PP'ing the pick of the bunch is no problem for me right now lol
It feels like I can get much finer adjustments with the RAWs. What I usually do is import it all into lightroom, add the best to the quick collection, spend some time playing with the levels etc.
Any that need more detailed work like healing/cloning I'll export as tif's and fiddle with in CS3
I don't use all of the images from shoots, i've had a pretty awful 'success rate' of pics taken recently... I've got too much spare time, so PP'ing the pick of the bunch is no problem for me right now lol
It feels like I can get much finer adjustments with the RAWs. What I usually do is import it all into lightroom, add the best to the quick collection, spend some time playing with the levels etc.
Any that need more detailed work like healing/cloning I'll export as tif's and fiddle with in CS3
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I've been shooting RAW only for about 5 years until a few weeks ago. I recently got a Nikon D300s though which has two memory card slots (CF and SD) which can write RAW to one card, and Jpeg to the other. So I've started to that as it makes little difference to the speed of the camera for what I'm shooting at the moment or until I need the space on the Jpeg card. I only download the Jpegs if I need to look at images on a PC which is not able to view/edit, RAW files. 
RAW all the time...always.
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If I get into event work which is looking likely then I'll be shooting JPEG-High at those, specifically because I'll have my camera pre-sets worked out according to the lighting I'll be using and everything will be geared towards a fast and efficient turnaround. Being able to predict in advance what the images will look like means that RAW becomes uneccessary for those particular shoots, especially as the end product is a 9 x 6" print.
Caveat:
If I get into event work which is looking likely then I'll be shooting JPEG-High at those, specifically because I'll have my camera pre-sets worked out according to the lighting I'll be using and everything will be geared towards a fast and efficient turnaround. Being able to predict in advance what the images will look like means that RAW becomes uneccessary for those particular shoots, especially as the end product is a 9 x 6" print.
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RAW - in the studio probably not that important but at weddings with the varying lighting conditions it's worth having the backup.
I don't understand what's wrong with what Chaz Photos said? "not see the point of JPG" is his opinion and "get as much info as poss" is a fact.
I also don't see the point of JPGs in the majority of situations - the main ones I can think of is where you don't physically have access to a machine to do the RAW conversion, or you're literally so pressed for time that you can't wait the few more minutes for the RAW transfer, conversion and export.
If you're shooting and sorting 1000+ images quickly, then I presume you're using something like Lightroom for that, in which case you can have a preset set-up to process your RAWs identically to your JPGs on import and the rest of the workflow is identical. You then have the many benefits of RAW if you need them (more data, ability to set white balance, no artefacts/camera decisions permanently embedded in your image).
In these days of applications like Lightroom, I can think of very few (i.e. no) good reasons not to shoot in RAW so I always shoot RAW regardless. Some may have their reasons for JPG which is obviously fine, but I would recommend being conscious of those reasons rather than going with JPG by default as RAW is almost as easy to work with now than JPG, with additional benefits.
Apologies for being controversial on post 1
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I always shoot full sized raw, for anything. There are many processing decisions that I like to make in the relaxed atmosphere of my living room and not on the spur of the moment while shooting. All I need to nail while shooting is composition, timing, focus and exposure. Usually the light is whatever nature is throwing at the scene, but if I have a choice then I'll do my best to get that right too. Apart from that, WB, sharpening, NR, fine tuning black and white points, contrast and so on are all better left until I can review the pictures and spend time giving some thought to maximising their visual appeal.
If you can turn out the finished product straight from camera, by shooting JPEG, then that's grand, but if any adjustments are required - any at all - why make them on a subset of the original image data, which will have had irreversible changes made to it?
If you shoot in a studio and can control everything from the off, especially the light, then JPEG may be the way to go if that is your preference. Since I never shoot in a controlled environment, I find raw suits my needs better.
If you can turn out the finished product straight from camera, by shooting JPEG, then that's grand, but if any adjustments are required - any at all - why make them on a subset of the original image data, which will have had irreversible changes made to it?
If you shoot in a studio and can control everything from the off, especially the light, then JPEG may be the way to go if that is your preference. Since I never shoot in a controlled environment, I find raw suits my needs better.
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The results show kinda what I was expecting- the sports/motorsports has a much larger percentage of people shooting jpeg over raw, even if it is only about a third! Reasons?
