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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 129321" data-attributes="member: 13090">Absolutely. What you can adjust/correct on a .jpg is nice, there's some&nbsp; room to play there, but it's like driving a horse and buggy: You have&nbsp; the reins and have your hand brake and you can turn left or right --&nbsp; just not very fast and typically in wide arcs -- but even so you can get&nbsp; most places you want to go... Or at least get close. RAW files, on the other hand, are like jumping in the seat of high-tech&nbsp; fighter jet. You can blast through every axis at mach speed, you can do&nbsp; loops and barrel rolls because you are in *total* control over every&nbsp; aspect in minute detail. It also takes more training to fly like that&nbsp; but there's a thrill that comes with taking charge, REALLY being in the&nbsp; drivers seat and taking things to the next level.Why buy a DSLR if not to have that degree of control to begin with?&nbsp; Shooting .jpg in a DSLR is like castrating it; no, it doesn't kill it&nbsp; outright, it just... Well it has no balls.&nbsp; &nbsp; You immediately sacrifice a&nbsp; HUGE amount of color depth because .jpg only uses 8-bit color, and the&nbsp; resolution drops significantly as well. Why did you buy a DSLR again? Of course we try, but being able to manipulate and correct for things&nbsp; out of our control is what makes shooting in RAW as powerful as it is.&nbsp; It really just depends on what you want out of photography. You bought a&nbsp; DSLR over a point and shoot... Why?&nbsp; Serious question. Why did you do&nbsp; that? I ask because if you thought by doing so you were going to get&nbsp; great pictures by using &quot;A&quot;utomatic I'm afraid you're mistaken. Most&nbsp; likely you'll get very good pictures most of the time but that's about&nbsp; it.&nbsp;Don't sell you 3100 short, it's a powerhouse of a camera that you need&nbsp; to rise up to. I could trade cameras with a lot of photographers on&nbsp; these forums --&nbsp; they'd be shooting my 5100 and I could use their D4,&nbsp; for instance --&nbsp;&nbsp; and while they would continue to turn out stunning&nbsp; work using my low end equipment, mine would&nbsp; still be mediocre because&nbsp; it's not the tool in the hand of the craftsman, it's how the craftsman&nbsp; uses the tool in his (or her) hand. How far you want to take photography is up to you. If you want to shoot&nbsp; your kids birthday party and then shelve your camera until the next&nbsp; &quot;Kodak Moment&quot; comes along there's nothing wrong with that. Shoot .jpg&nbsp; and be happy. Shooting RAW is for those who want the most from their&nbsp; camera. We don't want good pictures, we want to create outstanding&nbsp; photographs and, in my opinion, there's a world of difference and if you&nbsp; want that world you have to learn to master the tools that will get you&nbsp; there, and in photography that means mastering RAW.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 129321, member: 13090"] Absolutely. What you can adjust/correct on a .jpg is nice, there's some room to play there, but it's like driving a horse and buggy: You have the reins and have your hand brake and you can turn left or right -- just not very fast and typically in wide arcs -- but even so you can get most places you want to go... Or at least get close. RAW files, on the other hand, are like jumping in the seat of high-tech fighter jet. You can blast through every axis at mach speed, you can do loops and barrel rolls because you are in *total* control over every aspect in minute detail. It also takes more training to fly like that but there's a thrill that comes with taking charge, REALLY being in the drivers seat and taking things to the next level. Why buy a DSLR if not to have that degree of control to begin with? Shooting .jpg in a DSLR is like castrating it; no, it doesn't kill it outright, it just... Well it has no balls. You immediately sacrifice a HUGE amount of color depth because .jpg only uses 8-bit color, and the resolution drops significantly as well. Why did you buy a DSLR again? Of course we try, but being able to manipulate and correct for things out of our control is what makes shooting in RAW as powerful as it is. It really just depends on what you want out of photography. You bought a DSLR over a point and shoot... Why? Serious question. Why did you do that? I ask because if you thought by doing so you were going to get great pictures by using "A"utomatic I'm afraid you're mistaken. Most likely you'll get very good pictures most of the time but that's about it. Don't sell you 3100 short, it's a powerhouse of a camera that you need to rise up to. I could trade cameras with a lot of photographers on these forums -- they'd be shooting my 5100 and I could use their D4, for instance -- and while they would continue to turn out stunning work using my low end equipment, mine would still be mediocre because it's not the tool in the hand of the craftsman, it's how the craftsman uses the tool in his (or her) hand. How far you want to take photography is up to you. If you want to shoot your kids birthday party and then shelve your camera until the next "Kodak Moment" comes along there's nothing wrong with that. Shoot .jpg and be happy. Shooting RAW is for those who want the most from their camera. We don't want good pictures, we want to create outstanding photographs and, in my opinion, there's a world of difference and if you want that world you have to learn to master the tools that will get you there, and in photography that means mastering RAW. [/QUOTE]

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