Anyone go back to JPEG after shooting in RAW?

<p>It's not jpeg vs raw. It's Nikon's or Canon's or whoever's in-camera processing software vs. out-of-camera processing software. Personally I like the choices Photoshop and Lightroom give me over the 3 or 4 slider bars provided by the Canon in-camera software.</p>

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<p><strong>Anyone return to JPEG?</strong><br>

Hello Betty! Not fully. I bought a dslr to explore the possibilities of raw processing. The only time I switch to jpeg is when I need to quickly give a whole chunkload of jpegs to someone quick. Even then it's usually set to raw + jpeg. Else, usually I will pick and process a few of my best shots. Like over the weekend I went hiking, took 200 odd shots, but only picked the best 20 or so to process.<br>

Alvin<br>

PS: I noticed that this is posted in the wedding and social event photography forum; got here via the main photo.net page. I'm definitely not a wedding photog, so what I expressed is for the photography I enjoy, and I'm doubt it applies to wedding related photography. That said I'd probably still shoot raw if I had to shoot a wedding - I use bibble pro for conversion and it's easy to apply similar settings to a whole slew of images.</p>

<p>The buffer would have run out on these shots had I not used JPEG. Cranked up the color temp on the white balance to 10000K, high speed shutter set to JPEG only.</p><div></div>

<p>+1 for:</p>

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<li>Always shoot RAW.</li>

<li>If you want to keep it simple, shoot RAW and use your camera manufacturer's software and batch export. </li>

<li>But for proper workflow, use Lightroom.</li>

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<p>All that said: yes, when I shoot sport (a hockey game) for our local newspaper I go to (medium/small-ish) JPG.<br>

Michael</p>

 

<p><em>Picasa 3.0 supports the RAW out of my D300, the earlier versions of Picasa 2 did not, and left me with big black squares in the preview window.</em><br>

I'm using Picasa 3.0 and it would not support the RAW images out of my D300. Did you have to do anything special with them prior to uploading or afterwards?</p>

<p>Betty,</p>

<p>Do you have Picasa configured to read RAW files? </p>

<p>Tools --> Options --> File Types.</p>

<p>Make sure the "RAW" checkbox is checked.</p>

<p>When I decided to start shooting everything in RAW it was because I realized that if I have someone serving me in some manner I want them to give me the best they can give me. </p>

<p>I want them to use the best equipment possible at critical points in the process if at all possible. Using a RAW file is a matter of making an adjustment in our camera and then investing time and effort in workflow. We invested time and effort in learning the camera so why Cheat the end product part of the photography process ... why not invest the same time and effort into learning to work RAW files and get the best photo out of the files that is possible?</p>

<p>If we think wedding photography is Important then it's easy to conclude that a RAW file can give your customer the best opportunity at the best end product merely as a result of switching to using a RAW file.</p>

<p>I shoot only RAW --not even a sm jpeg corresponding. If a client wants the card direct from the camera ....then it is strictly Large Jpeg that we hand over. We do charge for the editing of the RAW and seem to have fairly consistent exposures > since we shoot all manual.</p>

<p>I mentioned above but I think it bears repeating that jpeg uses lossy compression. Even with quality set to 100, there is data loss. And every time an image is reopenned and edited, there can be more data loss. Using something like Photoshop with layers is probably the best way to preserve the original quality because the edits can be applied against the original every time an output (file or print) is needed. But that final output shouldn't be processed anymore. Raw works the same way. If little or no editing is required, jpeg wins for speed. That, IMHO, is the only advantage.</p>

<p>I LOVE using RAW. I feel I have more control and I end up learning much more about settings and what to avoid in the future. I was intimidated by RAW since I've never seen it outside of Digital Photography, but, I'm most definitely happy I use it. It's a little bit more work with RAW, and it takes up more space, but I feel I've got more advantages with RAW.</p>

<p>Well, I tried some photos on my Nikon D60 in RAW mode and I'm impressed by the quality when I blow them up in the monitor in comparison to JPEG. Now I have to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop, Light Room or Capture NX, oh my Lord!!</p>

<p>always raw for me !</p>

<p>Kev<br>

www.image-i-nation.co.uk</p>