If you're shooting with your
camera set to JPEG, it's time to give RAW a chance.
There are 2 big advantages to
shooting in RAW:
First, it provides the highest quality image. That's because the
camera does not compress the file.
Second, the image is just as it was captured by the camera sensor,
a digital negative so to speak.
A JPEG image is processed inside
the camera, using a computer program to determine what you see, rather than you
deciding what you would like to see. It also deletes a lot of information that
may be useful to you later if you post-process.
If you shoot RAW, you should know
that when you look at the display on your camera you are seeing a JPEG image
that has been processed inside the camera. When you download the image into
your computer, it will look a bit flat and dull. You will have to do some
post-processing to make it look the way you want it to look.
That's the disadvantage but the
advantage is that you'll have lots of information to work with. Give it a try.
