I Nadil Khan also called Nadil also called Chinee make this declaration in the Year of Our Lord 2007 that I will never ever go back to Jpeg;s.................................RAW Rules

hahahahahaha didn't you just have a "jpg since birth" post? LOL... Everyone thinks raw is going to be slower and harder, but OMGoodness! Its definitely an improvement to your workflow.

Congratulaions, and welcome to the club!

RAW freaking rocks! It's so much faster than jpg

Not to mention the high latitude for corrections...................................

Well that doesn't matter if you nail your exposures in camera. I don't use RAW as a correction tool, more as a time saving tool.

I agree... I try to get it exactly right in camera, but there are those times....
I fould that when I was shooting jpeg, and i had a file that was over exposed... well... it just wasn't usable. Now with RAW, I have a safety net under me for those times when you just might need it....

Totally right. I just get the feeling sometimes that some people think RAW is able to save everything. It can only go so far. I know you know that though.

the very first workshop i attended was by denis reggie. i shoot RAW because of him. he said something to the effect of..

i'd shoot .jpg, but i'm just not that good.

if that's the case, RAW works for me.

PFFFFFT!

I still don't get RAW. I'll check that workshop out.

am still playing around with RAW, but what I have seen and done so far, RAW makes everything easier, giving u the edge with corrections, workflow, and knowing that you have a DNG with great flexablilty just gives u the superb confidence that u need when u are on an assignment.

Oh man, and if your color or white balance is way off in a JPEG image, good luck trying to fix it! With a JPEG, you're working with files that are incredibly compressed - there's nowhere near the amount of digital information to work with as there is in RAW, so things can get really nasty!

RAW rocks!

you mean to tell that people still shoot JPG! Oh my.

For a long time I only shot in JPEG, then I started shooting in both JPEG & RAW... After making an amazing save on one shot, I've made the FULL switch to RAW. Its crazy how much of a great safe it really is... It takes up a little more memory but as long as you're prepared, you'll be fine. Check out the shot on my blog...! It was underexposed because I was underexposing due to me trying to capture the sky which made the building darker but with a little help and some pulling, it came out pretty well.



-Lou

http://louistorres.blogspot.com

I love RAW, would never go back but I so need Lightroom! Working RAW in PS can be slow. But it has saved my booty more than a few times. A bit of a learning curve at first, but then everything since digital has been so it's par for the course for me.

I just switched to RAW and I really like it, but let's not forget that some of the best shoot JPeg...(the becker)...

You said it! I recently started shooting exlcusively JPG after reading a few provacative articles and looking at the side by side. As much as I respect someone who has the patience for RAW, I am still not 100% sold on the hype. For the record, there is hype on both sides...I just root for the side that lets me do what I love best...taking pictures! My man shawn starr has some funny stuff to say about the RAW check his site out at http://www.shawnstarr.com/