JPEG or RAW - what do you shoot??

JPEG or RAW


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amleduc

Senior Member
I shoot both jpeg and raw on the same disk. This allows me to post the jpeg right away if I want and allows me to process in raw if I want. By saving to one disk, I only have one disk to process and reformat unless I get crazy and shoot a lot of shots that run over to the second disk which is my backup.
 

WhiteLight

Senior Member
POLL: JPEG or RAW

Was reading this old thread and thought it would be interesting to see how the poll goes.

You can vote for both too & the poll is public.

And all credit to Ted for the first poll for inspiring this ;)
 
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AxeMan - Rick S.

Senior Member
Re: POLL: JPEG or RAW

The only time I shoot JPG is when I shoot lightning. Because it take forever for the RAW file to write to the SD on a long exposure and I can't afford to have the shutter not available that long for the next shot.

The only other time I might consider not shooting RAW would be like Rexer John said in the event I would need rapid fire. Although as my skills have improved I tend not to use the "spray and pray" method.
 

theregsy

Senior Member
Re: POLL: JPEG or RAW

Both, or either for me, if I have time and I can process at leisure then RAW all the time, if I need some for quick upload to a website then its JPEG so its horses for courses. But one I would like to ask is I have the ability to shoot RAW and Jpeg on the camera and never do so, in fact I have this on 2 cameras now and just don't use it does anyone?
 

Patrick M

Senior Member
Re: POLL: JPEG or RAW

Ha!
The D7100 comes into its own!
I have it set so I shot RAW to SD #1 and JPEG to SD #2
The latter is an Eye-Fi card....so the JPEG loads to my iPad almost immediately.


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SkvLTD

Senior Member
Re: POLL: JPEG or RAW

If its a few shots of something stellar, RAW. If I'm covering a party where I'd pick out ~50-100 shots from about 3-400, RAW is just too much hassle to deal with.
 

WhiteLight

Senior Member
Re: POLL: JPEG or RAW

I think i used JPG only for a couple of months when i first started shooting.
Only one other time when i realized that am going to be running out of space on the memory card when i was in Nepal did i use JPG for one evening.

I like processing the pics, so JPG just wont do
 

ABN Panzer

Senior Member
JPEG and RAW.

A bit much sometimes, I agree, but easier to get the quick pic uploaded and emailed off to the grandparents without the conversion process.
 

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
If You Don't Shoot RAW, At Least Shoot JPG ... *in* the RAW

I shoot RAW unless there is some compelling reason not to. For me, if it's a picture not worth doing Post on, it's not a picture worth taking in the first place. But I understand that's me, my style of shooting and a whole host of other factors coming into play that allow me that pointedly pointed point of view. That's really my point.
 
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