Once you get used to it, it's actually faster for me to make simple changes in RAW.
If I'm not batch processing, I'd have to:
Open the image.
Open the correction dialog box. Make that correction. Close it.
Open the next correction dialog box. Make that correction. Close it.
Open the next correction dialog box. Make that correction. Close it.
Open the next correction dialog box. Make that correction. Close it.
Etc, etc...
With RAW, I can just move this slider, move that slider, etc 'till it's time to convert the images. Much faster for me. And, while I have made Actions to "Open the next correction dialog box." in PS, I still prefer to make all possible changes before conversion, which I feel is the same as working in 16-bit in PS.
Then there's this: Take 2 identical shots,one in RAW & one at max jpeg. Use a tripod to be sure each shot has the exact information in it. Convert the RAW file to jpeg. Look at the two file sizes.
A max jpg from my 20D is 2,754 KB. The exact same shot with the jpg extracted from RAW is 4,315 KB which is 1.57X larger.
Why throw those extra bits away? True, you might think you won't see the difference in a web image on your screen, but that's not true. Look at post 58 on page 2 in this thread:
Auto White Balance - works really well
https://photography-on-the.net …hp?p=2208481&postcount=58
