Raw vs J peg
OK I am a convert,with a few exceptions. I used to use j peg for most of my shots and I would only use the Raw mode if I was unsure of my exposure and wanted to back up the J peg with a raw file just in case. I had shot a couple of jobs on Raw and it had taken so long edit the shots and I was going to convert them to J peg anyway it just seemed like a big hassle. But that was before I started using Lightroom editing software. When I shoot I raw I always shoot the small J peg too. Lightroom stacks the J peg and the raw on top of each other so you only see the one file. Also when you edit and adjust the file it converts the raw the same way. So raw give me more “latitude” and that means I can save more photos that I would have to toss if they were shot in J peg only. Here is a good Example from a job I shot a the Honolulu Art Academy. This was my first shot and I bounced the flash but it hit a little hot. So I adjusted and shot another. But since this is live action the shot with the worst exposure has the best expressions. However with a Raw file I can adjust the shot and pull down the exposure in light room and save the shot. So I am going to shoot allot more Raw files. More on this later
Aloha For now