On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Radhika, Y. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shooting in RAW requires access to a software like Lightroom else it is > not > > practical. > > Many software (including free ones like Picasa) can recognize RAW > format. JPG is a lossy format. Every time you make changes to the > image and save it, you introduce more loss of information in your > image. If you shoot in RAW format, you can do more post processing (if > you are into that sort of thing). > > Thaths
What I have found is, if speedy documentation is what you want to do, then shooting in JPG format is better; it saves a lot of time, occupies less space on your camera memory card. But if you like to tweak your photographs, then shooting in RAW is better. Some photographers shoot in both and this often results in the memory card becoming full just as the really interesting photo-opportunity arrives! I find that many of my friends post just a few photographs from the hundreds that they shoot. And that, after a long gap...because post-processing takes time and effort. But having said that....a well-processed photograph is indeed a thing of beauty, and enhances the appeal of the original image quite a bit. Deepa.
