How many shoot RAW?

[Every Miles A Memory]

I shoot in RAW 100% of the time with the dSLR -- I never understood the need for shooting RAW + JPEG.

A few people have mentioned that it allows them to preview the images so they can delete the ones they don't like or want . . . but I can preview the RAW images on the camera's LCD, on the laptop (PC) via Lightroom, or on the iMac (without any additional software), deleting them at any step along the way . . . so what advantage does having that extra image file give you?

That's a serious question. I feel like I'm missing out on something . . .

I try and set my camera's settings so my photos need as little adjustment as possible. I shoot Jpeg+RAW because most of my photos are simply going to uploaded to my website and never edited.

I dont need the huge file size that will be the final result if I open it up in CS3, adjust the RAW image and save it to TIFF or Jpeg. If I simply use the small Jpeg, it makes the work flow so much faster

I dont use Lightroom or anything other than CS3, so without opening up anything else, I can still view the photos and know wheter I'm keeping them, deleting them or if they're even worth spending the time to work on.

It might not work for everyone, but it makes my workflow really fast and easy, which gives me more time to stay out shooting.

 

[JayGannon]

Jay I don't understand your directions to convert the image. You can just work directly with the RAW file and then save it to a PSD once the photomerge is done, and then export to whatever you need. You are crushing the memory of your system converting to TIFF up front. Are you used to creating banners for Times Square or something? LOL

Hehe sorry sometimes I forget most people don't need half of what I do.
And yes I am used to printing very very large for ad campaigns etc so my workflows are skewed by it!

 

[dzzz]

I shoot raw + jpeg on Canon. As a landscape photog I can't think of a reason not to. If it's worth shooting it's worth shooting raw.
I shoot a fair amount of low contrast, and I would hate to add dynamic range in 8 bit.

 

[nwoods]

...yes I am used to printing very very large for ad campaigns etc so my workflows are skewed by it!

Very cool! You don't post here enough

 

[Michael Slade]

Are you kidding with that statement? (Shakes his head in disbelief)

I'd love to be at a conference for Photojournalists, especially war photographers and hear you say that.

+1 :Wow1: