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teriba wrote:
I've found that it's mostly only internet message board geeks who shoot RAW. Most come for a technology background, as opposed to a photography background. I, and every single pro I've ever met and shot with, shoot only JPEG.
While I dont know that I would have put it as bluntly as that, for once I actually agree with Mike.
I work as an assitant with several photograhers and I am around pros all the time on my shooting assignments, and apart from a small handful of them, none of them shoot RAW.
I know one or two guys that insist on RAW, but in the end I dont find their photos have anything on my jpeg captures (apart from their photographic skills and composition).
While I wont argue whether RAW retains more info (we all know that is the case and in many cases can certainly help) I dont believe that a well taken jpeg at the highest quality setting will be noticable AT ALL in final print.
When I shoot jpeg they are always saved as a .psd during processing (if I have to stop and come back later, such as poster designs etc.) and in the end they are re-saved as a tiff for their final printing. This ensures that only the very first jpeg compression will have any affect on the information.
Like the other poster mentioned, I have done the side-by-sides, and even as a 24x36" poster, I could not tell the difference between something captured as a jpeg and something captured as a tiff or RAW.
Why do I shoot jpeg. Ease of working with them and size of storage. While memory is cheap, I already carry almost 6 gigs worth of cards per day on a shoot and upon completion of an assignment a couple weeks ago, had 5 DVDs worth of jpegs stored. With RAW files running about 3 times the size of the jpegs I'm capturing, carrying around 18 gigs worth of cards or burning 15 DVDs per weekend seems a little crazy.
Until I or a client notices some huge difference between jpeg and RAW, jpeg it is. I would put money on the fact that I could hand about anyone on this board two prints and they would not be able to tell the difference either.
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