SHOOTIING IN RAW?

I see alot of great photos here and i have to ask.

Do you guys shoot in Raw for session or Jpeg?

Personally, I'm no Pro, but I currently shoot in RAW and small jpeg. That way I have a full image to work with (the CR2 file) and a small jpeg to use as a "thumbnail". The smaller image is makes it easier for me to identify the images that I actually will keep and edit (if necessary) in PP.

Generally I shoot RAW+JPEG. Most of the JPEG images are ok. For those images that weren't good, I would post process the RAW image. The latter is a lifesaver because it seems to me that the best images sometimes aren't good enough and the RAW images are the backup.

Depends on the situation. If the light isn't changing I whack it in Manual mode, set the exposure to taste and whack away in .jpg. If it's changing light, gigs or I'm trying to get the most out of an image it's RAW.

I'm the same as the guys above. Raw with a sidecar JPG. My reasons for shooting RAW are, I tend to do alot or like to, post process my images afterwards. And just knowing I have a file with the most flexibility & quailty there for archiving. The sidecar JPG is mainly for quick ID's, and if I need to quickly send the image via email.

I shoot in RAW+JPEG but I don't think I have ever used the jpeg's so I should probably just shoot raw.

Sports jpg, everything else raw.

I don't bother with shooting in raw.

I always shoot in RAW only since i always PP all my images in lightroom anyways.

Sports in jpeg -- the rest is half RAW half jpeg. Depends -- even the weddings I shoot I do half RAW and half jpeg --- if the venue is cruddy I try to shoot RAW -- which will give me more room - but I am trying to move away from RAW one less step eliminated in the pp work.

Every time I trip the shutter I want the very best quality my camera can produce. Every time. So I shoot Raw, all the time.

Raw 99.9%

Pros with time deadlines need it because seconds uploading = getting paid or going hungry.

But the pros are using high-end cameras & know what they're doing, so I'll always recommend RAW for beginners because, as they learn more, they can go back & reprocess & possibly salvage a once in a lifetime shot. I was in a hurry & screwed up the exposure in this one. RAW saved me from my mistake:
Why I love RAW - '53 Ford Sunliner

When to begin shooting in RAW?

RAW for Dummies

-=The RAW Faqs=- RAW Processing info and links

The excellent case for JPG: Sports Photographers use JPG? Really?

RAW 100% of the time.

"Pros" just means they are getting paid...nothing more, nothing less.

In an ideal world, you would expect to get consistent performance levels from a Pro, but we don't live in an ideal world.

I know myself - I'm so anal that I can't leave anything alone without trying to improve it. RAW.