RAW or JPEG? Which one when?

mpgxsvcd wrote:

Really there is a simple answer to this.

All shooting JPG does is post process the image in camera. It is still shooting a RAW image it is just that you are then throwing away that RAW image in favor of letting the camera process the image for you.

If you plan to edit the image….EVER, then you must shoot at least RAW. If you need to share or post the image before you process it then you will probably have to shoot RAW+JPG. If you are ok with never processing the image then by all means shoot JPG.

The only thing you should never do it shoot jpg and then post process it. Shooting RAW only in that situation is ALWAYS a better option.

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