Some thoughts on Canon CR2 RAW versus out of camera JPEG

I think raw versus jpeg comes down to:

* How good the camera does jpeg processing (most of the modern Canon's are quite good)

* How carefully you have optimized your settings in camera for SOOC jpegs

* How much free time you have for post processing.  I really don't have any...so, I'm back to jpeg.

* How much you print and how much you care about getting max dynamic range ....I might print once/month and I'm mostly happy with the DR of SOOC jpegs.

* How well the camera adjusts jpeg noise reduction to ISO levels and how well the SOOC sharpening is.  If you have to run the images you care about through neatimage for denoising and extra sharpening..you might wonder why you shouldn't just go all the way and do RAW processing.    This is really the most significant issue for me on the 80D.

My normal process is to setup camera for shots, take photos, import into tablet and tablet automatically syncs to amazon drive.   Later when I get home, I review photos on the desktop and decide which are the keepers.

Occasionally, I have to bring the keepers into ACDsee for tweaking, but mostly they are fine unless I want to print them.  If I'm going to print, I have to run them through neat image to get optimal denoise and sharpening.

My camera jpeg settings include low denoise and moderate sharpening.  This works fine for most ISO levels, but not so well on the higher ISO.   This is where I definitely need to use neat image or set the camera denoise to standard which I think overdoes it.