How many of you are shooting sports in RAW ?

How many of you are shooting sports in RAW ?

Shooting Indoors without a flash or strobe with a high ISO 1600 & 3200 there always seems to be noise. I have tried noise reduction. Would it help if I shoot in RAW?

Thanks, Paul

For indoor sports in am shooting 100% RAW, I'm not using flash/strobes (yet).

For outdoor sports I had been shooting JPG unless it was getting near dusk, then I would shoot RAW. However, at the start of the indoor season I picked up Lightroom and have gotten used to the workflow. Hence, I will probably keep using RAW for everything from now on. I keep telling myself that storage is cheap.

I've been shooting a ton of minor hockey this season and there is no way in the world I would get the results I am getting if I shot JPEG. I need to shoot RAW to get the most flexibility in being able to PP an image without any serious side effects. Most likley, despite the extra work and storage, I will shoot RAW for all sports, indoor or out.

Cheers!

Chris

I only shoot RAW! I have much more control.

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I've shot both this season but find that if I get the CWB right , RAW adds time to workflow and uses a ton of card space without a huge benefit. I will usually just download jpegs for post but I NEVER erase a card until I am satisfied with the images in post.

I'd love to hear specific arguments from those that do shoot RAW, who knows, maybe I'll go back to that..

always shot in RAW not only in sport ..like Buamann said,more control.=)

100% jpeg...I don't need to buy all those cards for all those raw images. I have my camera settings just the way I like..I like the way my camera processes the images so I don't need raw for anything. I can get over 1000 images on a 4 gig card with jpeg...you can't do that with raw..plus when you are shooting, jpegs are faster.

aRKay wrote in post #4971934
always shot in RAW not only in sport ..like Buamann said,more control.=)

see, this is what everyone always says but other than non destructive editing, what additional control do you relly have? If my CWB is right on or very close, what can I do in RAW that I cannot do with a JPEG?

Edit in 16 bit with no lost data, and the edits you apply to jpegs in ACR aren't the same. White balance is key. With jpeg/ACR you get a slider - RAW/ACR you get kelvin. Far more accurate for the fussy.

Zero compression is the key for me. If I'm going to spend all that dough anf time taking a shot, I want ALL the shot. I don't want the camera to throw out half the data I captured.

cosworth wrote in post #4972041
Zero compression is the key for me. If I'm going to spend all that dough anf time taking a shot, I want ALL the shot. I don't want the camera to throw out half the data I captured.

now this I do agree with as a real benefit to RAW which is why I shoot everything BUT sports in RAW. I guess I just need to carry more cards with me huh?

I find there are shots in my sports port that I REALLY mess with in post. Helpful to have RAW there.


Now when I shot in Club Med as an event shooter, I shot jpeg. It was space, time and the rpicter software. I simply did zero post on the shots and sold them as fast as I could. A long time ago in a galaxy far away.

Now with Lightroom, I could shoot events in RAW and not worry too much. I really could have used it back then.

.RAW for the win!

For those shooting RAW, what quality JPEG are you saving as well?