...jpg.

Yup. After 4 weddings, and multiple e-sessions all shot w/jpg I have finally decided to go back to my first love... RAW.

Even though I know that my clients can't see a difference, I can when I am processing my files.
So I guess it's back to multiple dvd's and even more hdd's. Oh well, she's worth it.

I love you RAW, I promise to never stray again.

Awesome!

I too have just switched to RAW (back to RAW?? I used RAW for just a few things).

But, I too have decided that I really need to have the RAW file for the best possible processing.

So, I'm with you man!

Ksenia

lol! I find myself going back and forth from time to time.I need more mulah to buy more flash cards!

I was a firm jpg shooter for 5 years.... Until I tried RAW. ITs really MUCH faster than opening and adjusting individual jpgs..... I just love batching and being able to IMMEDIATELY veiw the results in ACR... And being able to go back and adjust after the fact if I decide to...

Good man. Good man.

I only wish I'd known you were struggling secretly with this sooner. I'd have sent some people to round you up and explain why jpeg can only hurt you, it's just not healthy to shoot jpeg. I'm sorry you had to struggle down that long dark road all by yourself. Friends shouldn't let friends shoot jpeg (not for very long anyway). As with anything, a little experementation is understandable, but when it becomes an "every wedding" problem - your real friends should have gotten involved.

Glad you're safe now.

I put my 20D in RAW mode a while back and haven't looked back. My daughter used to be a confirmed jpeg shooter, until she watched me nicely recover an overexposed RAW file. "Hey, dad, how do I set this to shoot RAW?" Ahhh....

So, RAW applies to how I like my cauliflower and how I shoot. Blank DVDs are cheap. Rolling back time so that you can fix an exposure problem is a bit more difficult.

Another thing I found after I switched was that I was more careful about how I took photos because I could fit "only" 230 or so on a 2GB card, so there was a lot less cruft to sift through too.

i too love raw! it saves me so much time! i love the final look. I spent so much time with jpeg.

That's strange Johnny, I thought your first love was having 84 kids!

Kevin,I wasn't struggling at all.
Just tempted by the 'fruit' of jpeg... y'know, smaller files, faster workflow... blah blah blah.But it all turned out to be BS since it didn't matter.

I haven't saved any time with jpg, and I miss my old workflow and the 'thickness' that RAW gives my images. I can't really explain it, but jpgs seem so 'thin' to me...

What's funny though is I have been preaching the RAW gospel for around 5 years, and got my friend KrisW to finally shoot raw - and then I go jpg... what a dummy I was.

Anyway, I just shot an e-session tonight in RAW.
Oh man did it feel good.




Nah, my first love is MAKING the 84 kids.
Remember, getting there is half the fun!




Absolutely, going back to raw will cure my digital disease in no time.