For years, there have been arguments whether to shoot RAW or JPEG. A good tutorial on RAW v. JPEG can be found on Luminous Landscape. Many photographers prefer RAW. Ken Rockwell is probably the most outspoken critic (see his reasons why he almost never shoots RAW).
There’s another, not so obvious reason why I shoot RAW: I can go back to an old photograph and process it with the newest software and all the skills that I have acquired since I took the image. I have a small list of photographs that I think have a lot of potential, but also some problems. Years ago, I could not process them. Today, I have better software and much more experience. I might even “HDR” some of them, a process that was not available years ago and which can not be done with JPGs. Over the next weeks and months I will try to “save” some of them. And post maybe a few, so you can see the difference – as embarrassing as it might be for me.
So when it comes to RAW v. JPG, choose whatever you think is best. If you don’t have a preference, shoot RAW. You might need the RAW files at a later time…
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The same is true for HDR and panorama processing. Tools for both have improved tremendously over the last years and so has photographers’ experience with these tools.
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