Raw or not (3 Viewers)

[Dave and Mand]

JPEG only as advised by a professional photographer I spent the day with on a photo shoot day. He only shoots JPEG and always has, he has made his living from it for 25 years!!

 

[Langtoftlad]

Easy life or raw which do i need

Realistically - will you spend the time required to post process all your photos?
I soon discovered I wasn't going to invest the time necessary... as the majority of my photos are transient mementos.

 

[Mack100]

I usually only shoot raw if I know that I'm going to do significant post processing, if it's quick snapshots of the grandchildren etc. then it would be jpeg. When I shot for a league football club some years back I only shot jpeg but camera buffers were slower to clear in those days.

I had tried shooting raw and jpeg in my current full frame body as it has two card slots but it shoots at 20 frames per second and the buffer will fill in seconds if I shoot both but I still remember the awful experience of card failure after a days shoot in New York so I still shoot to both cards sometimes.

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[kevenh]

JPEG only as advised by a professional photographer I spent the day with on a photo shoot day. He only shoots JPEG and always has, he has made his living from it for 25 years!!

A pro photographer chooses to lose picture quality & detail, in camera, at the point of taking the shot?
They’d be a rarity IMO.

I’d rather lose picture info in the computer later with simple post processing - which, in my usage, could just be to convert to jpeg as is, or a more complicated pic when I’ve chosen to swap a smile for a frown in a group photos.

edit: a big advantage of digital photography is being able to take lots of pics.
Later you’d have to look for the ones worth presenting and that plus a format conversion isn’t much longer than just selecting. IMO

 

[the1andonly]

Realistically - will you spend the time required to post process all your photos?
I soon discovered I wasn't going to invest the time necessary... as the majority of my photos are transient mementos.

The easy life i was referring to was convincing swmbo she should have my cast offs and buy another camera for me.
As said i rarely post process, but , i have found the odd occasion when some numpty has left camera left on manual with totally inappropriate settings and just used as a point and shoot. Pherhaps i should learn to set to auto before turning off.
Still haven't decided, not been anywhere to take any photos. However i have manipulated some old stuff i had lying around.