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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 797989" data-attributes="member: 48483">Hi Frank, and welcome.Clovis gave a good answer about RAW. I like to think of shooting JPEG as being like shooting Polaroids. You can take some nice photos, but you are limited on making adjustments with processing. RAW files are more like working with print negatives. You would not really show off your photos with the format, but you make a JPEG out of the RAW file as a last step in processing the image (a &quot;print&quot;). Also remember that JPEG is a format that compresses the image quality and loses data so each time you edit and resave, it becomes lower in quality.I used to follow the old-fashioned thinking about putting a UV filter on every lens. I now have a pile of those filters I never use anymore. The camera sensor already has a UV filter in front of it, the filter on the lens can only degrade the image, not enhance. Just another surface area to catch dust. But I do have polarizers and a set of ND filters. Beyond those, most effects can be done with software and easily.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 797989, member: 48483"] Hi Frank, and welcome. Clovis gave a good answer about RAW. I like to think of shooting JPEG as being like shooting Polaroids. You can take some nice photos, but you are limited on making adjustments with processing. RAW files are more like working with print negatives. You would not really show off your photos with the format, but you make a JPEG out of the RAW file as a last step in processing the image (a "print"). Also remember that JPEG is a format that compresses the image quality and loses data so each time you edit and resave, it becomes lower in quality. I used to follow the old-fashioned thinking about putting a UV filter on every lens. I now have a pile of those filters I never use anymore. The camera sensor already has a UV filter in front of it, the filter on the lens can only degrade the image, not enhance. Just another surface area to catch dust. But I do have polarizers and a set of ND filters. Beyond those, most effects can be done with software and easily. [/QUOTE]

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