RAW - JPEG - What's your everyday preference?

Just wondering what format you guys shoot in for your everyday type of shots.

I know a lot of people shoot in RAW as they have a load more control over the processing etc but for instance, say I went on holiday for two weeks or went to a local kiddies birthday party (this one's happening next week), I may rattle of 100s of shots.

So, do you guys actually go fully RAW and spend hours processing each image or do you just pick out your average shots and batch process and keep the full-on processing for the "special" shots.

Just interested in what you do?

Thanks

Ian

I do shoot full raw..unless I want some snapshots only of something to show somebody.

I do bring my laptop on vacation so that I could upload everyday... and do have enough cards for around 1500 raw shots in 1 day. I only want to shoot around 300-500 shots a day though as I find it manageable to post process.

regarding post processing, after shooting a lot, I just scan over the images delete some that I do not like, and process those that I like then convert.

raw for me is easier to manage than jpeg.
1 photoshoot's folder will look like this: 3 subfolders inside
Raw files = unedited/original,
jpeg files=edited final,
resized= edited final, resized for web posting

monk3y wrote in post #10509914
I do bring my laptop on vacation so that I could upload everyday... I only want to shoot around 300-500 shots a day though as I find it manageable to post process

And from this i'm assuming you would be treating each file individually - my god, that must take all of your evening at the very least to process that many files each day

RAW everything. Once you're using Lightroom or similar, it's all transparent anyway. You never know when you'll catch an incredible shot that you wish you had the RAW for.

I have the basic Canon Raw suite which comes with the camera Joe - Is Lightroom much better/user friendly?

tuttifrutti wrote in post #10509964
And from this i'm assuming you would be treating each file individually - my god, that must take all of your evening at the very least to process that many files each day

nope not really... if you have like 10 shots with the same light/wb settings etc.. you could batch process.

at the same time, if I find the shots ok... I just convert resize them without further processing anymore.

if I shoot jpeg, I still use lightroom to browse and CS5 to resize it. so basically the same workflow except the files are bigger

tuttifrutti wrote in post #10509976
I have the basic Canon Raw suite which comes with the camera Joe - Is Lightroom much better/user friendly?

I used DPP before, and for me lightroom is a lot better... DPP is very difficult to incorporate into a workflow

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Well, I've been using RAW for about two years or so for every shot, but now it starts to feel like just too much fuss for most shots. Therefore I'm currently experimenting how I'll manage shooting JPEG only on most/all shots. Still use ACR for editing jpeg's though, just so used to it.

Once I went to shooting RAW for the important stuff, it didn't take long before I just kept it there. For most of my "snapshot" shooting, ACR gets it pretty spot on when I just hit the "Auto" button, so processing isn't too bad for that stuff.

I'm in a PS class this quarter, and I'd forgotten how much easier it is to remove color casts to my liking in RAW versus working from the JPEG files we download!

it's really just a question of memory space, and I would say that memory quantities and speed are the two areas that have improved the most during my relatively short experience with digital image capture. It wasn't that long ago I was recording to floppy disc with a Sony Mavica- saving ALL my work as both RAW and jpeg is no problem with the availability of inexpensive high volume cards, readers, stand alone hard drives and in computer memory we have today.

I shoot RAW for about 99% of my work. If I am shooting races for a company that HAS to be in JPG, then that's what I shoot. I use Camera RAW and Photoshop in my workflow and it's very simple to batch correct. I also try to get WB correct in-camera.

SHOOTING --------> RAW

Convert to other formats as needed.

When I first went digital I shot everything in RAW+JPG but that only lasted for a couple of months. Since then, (2007) I've shot nothing but RAW all the time with the only exception being when I am just doing fun candid shots like a relative's birthday party.

Jpegs are good enough for me and the simple hobby pictures I take.

If one day I feel I can attempt something more challenging, I'll switch to RAW.