SHOOTIING IN RAW?

100% RAW.

Shooting JPG would completely mess up my workflow

I've a question where can i find the RAW files in my Camera,because after taking photos In RAW mode and when i connect my cam to the computer i just see the JPEG images.is there any special setting to see the RAW files or am i doing something really stupid?

iirc, you can use the software that came with your camera.

I shoot RAW 99% of the time. That's starting to change though, starting this week I'll be shooting both RAW and JPEG because I find for most of my pictures I don't process at all. I still prefer having the RAW though (in case I screw up or need to have absolute best quality) so won't stop shooting RAW.

apt8231 wrote in post #7876110
I've a question where can i find the RAW files in my Camera,because after taking photos In RAW mode and when i connect my cam to the computer i just see the JPEG images.is there any special setting to see the RAW files or am i doing something really stupid?

Canon are doing something really stupid, and second-guessing you. If you shoot in any of the automatic modes (P is kind of automatic, but arguably - and for our purpose - manual because it allows override), then Canon ignores whatever you set in the menu and always saves JPEG. Use "P" if you really want RAW.

FWIW, I always shoot RAW. There's no significant downsides in terms of performance of my software, assuming I want at least some tweak and I generally do, and it saves me time (and often simply makes it possible) to get the results I want in post-processing. I'm no pro - I don't care if my photos aren't ready, I'll chip away at the PPing until it's done.

Cheers, Tony

apt8231 wrote in post #7876110
I've a question where can i find the RAW files in my Camera,because after taking photos In RAW mode and when i connect my cam to the computer i just see the JPEG images.is there any special setting to see the RAW files or am i doing something really stupid?

Either you didn't shoot Raw (Pictogram modes as said above), or you're on Windows XP.

I think you need the Raw Codec in the latter case (not sure, I'm not using windows), or use a card reader (faster anyhow).

JPG 99%
RAW 1% (for absolutely absolutely absolutely essential ones)

great feed bacl from all you guys...

Guess i got lots to learn..

*menu* **switches to raw to learn**

RAW usually.

Thank you Rene DamKot and Tonydee.I'am was in AV and selected RAW from the settings.I was in XP.may be tht might be the problem

As a fellow hobbyist, I'll tell you my DSLR totally changed my habits.

With the S5 I shot mostly Av, Tv and P with a bit of Manual at the highest level jpg.

With the 450D I shoot 95% manual and 95% RAW. Even if all I do is adjust WB and convert the RAW to JPG, I love the quality of the JPG that I get more than anything the camera will do for me. It adds a couple of steps to my porcessing (I convert in DPP and touch up in PS) but the IQ difference is HUGE.

I started to shoot in RAW since last summer, and I should've been doing that MUCH sooner. Anyway, for whatever reasons I shoot with RAW + Jpeg. What about you guys?