Raw?

[AzMandella]

How many of you shoot in RAW?

 

[Dino]

I shoot entirely in RAW, and a good portion of my time anymore in full manual mode. I like to have as much absolute control over my exposures rather than the camera making the decision on what it THINKS I want .

 

[Finious]

I also shoot only in RAW. I would hate to have that one perfect picture only in .jpg format :eek1:

 

[Phyl]

I shoot Raw+JPG. I'd say MOST of the time the in cam JPGs are great, but I do like the flexibility to use the raw files when I want to tweak something.

 

["Umm fish?"]

I shoot in RAW most of the time. The only time I don't is when I'm taking snapshots.

 

[dp reefer]

Shoot in raw unless you have space constraints or don't have software that handles raw files- otherwise there is no reason that I know of not to get the highest resolution possible from your camera with raw image files.

 

[KurtsReef]

I would say 90% of the time RAW. There are times like at my daughters swim meet this past weekend when I shot JPEG simply due to the quantity of images being taken and the fact I did not want to spend hours looking at/processing them for the club.

 

[awd2k]

110% Raw


antoine

 

[juniormc8704]

RAW for any aquarium photos, and JPG's for most general stuff, unless im shooting in a dimmly lit place, then its back to RAW

 

[PaintGuru]

RAW+JPG, but considering I almost NEVER use the RAW, I'm thinking of going to just straight JPG.

 

[griffithimage]

raw gives you the advantage of controlling your parameters rather than having the camera decide for in jpg format. Make sure to use a good raw converting program.

 

[BlueCorn]

I don't believe that I've shot in anything other than RAW in the last 3 years.

 

[breutus]

If you use lightroom is there any purpose to shot in raw?

 

[FishDad2]

RAW on all but rare occasions...for all the reasons already stated.

 

[BlueCorn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11896539#post11896539 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by breutus
If you use lightroom is there any purpose to shot in raw?

That's even more reason to shoot raw.

If you're using jpg you've got an 8bit source image. Any tweaking at all degrades the image.

 

[BlueSohal]

Shooting RAW allows you easily to change the White Balance. Correct WB will help to adjust the correct color of your tank or corals.

 

[louist]

What's JPEG? I've never shot anything but RAW on my DSLRs.

I have only ever shot 1 frame of JPEG, and that was to verify the shutter count on my camera.

 

[BlueCorn]

The beauty if using a program like Lightroom, Aperture or even iPhoto is that RAW processing becomes no more difficult than JPG. You get the ease of a JPG workflow with quality of RAW.

 

[PaintGuru]

Ken Rockwell's opinion, because I know you all LOOOVVEEE him

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/raw.htm

 

[BlueCorn]

1. Kent Rockwell is an idiot.

2. Refer to #1.