Shel, I've shot 3-5 images in raw, 3,000 as high quality jpegs. 1) I didn't shoot any raw until I bought a copy of PS Elements 4.0 because I had no facility to read/convert the photos. 2) I have no desire to spend more time in front of the computer screen editing photos. (I'm an old Kodachrome slide shooter- WYSIWYG.) If it's difficult lighting, do some chimping and reshoot if necessary. 3) I recognize raw is extra work and haven't done enough comparison testing to see what the practical advantages might be. 4) Cotty told me that if what I wanted was to have fun taking pictures and not spend a lot of time post processing, it was OK to shoot high quality jpegs and forget about raw.
I bought a new Sony laptop as the old Toshiba had some screen problems. The extra quality of the Sony screen is obvious when I post identical shots on both computers. Some of my stuff from San Diego is good on the Toshiba, but stunning on the Sony. I can see the ist DS competing with slide film. Maybe as I proceed with the new Sony laptop, I'll investigate raw shooting a bit more. Regards, Bob S. On 4/13/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I don't want to start a flame war, or get anyone's undies in knot. I'm > just curious to know how many people are not shooting raw, and why that may > be. Please, no flames or judgemental comment. We all know raw has > advantages, and in some circumstances can be a better choice than shooting > JPEGs. > > > Shel > > > >
