@EddySawaya8637
I think the initial shot actually looked cool. Maybe it could have been dialed down by 0.5 to 1 stop, but the white haze from the overexposed shot seemed to highlight the vastness and dusty atmosphere of the scene. The one after looks fake and overdone.
@MarcoLoforte
Another advantage of raw files is noise reduction. With Adobe Lightroom's AI noise reduction, which is only available for raw files instead of JPGs, you can achieve much better performance at high ISO levels compared to JPGs.
@CLIFFLIX
Just shoot raw+jpg and take both files. Send the jpgs to your grandmother's phone out in the field and use the raw files for you serious stuff. Remember guys, jpg is only 8 bit color.
@froknowsphoto
Don't forget to check out the FULL RES Exports so you can see the full files. You can clearly see that more data is better than less in this example.
@fuzzytalz
Interestingly, in terms of tonality and contrast, I much prefer the edited in-camera JPEG. Given the aggressiveness of the edit and preponderance of blue in the sky, I’m sure there’s some banding there. And I’m a RAW shooter 96% of the time but sometimes it’s about contrast and color and no 3rd party RAW converter quite matches the manufacturer’s rendition-especially if you can get manage to fit the scene into the camera JPEG’s dynamic range so that post-capture edits are minimal.
@kristypence
Where’s the shirt that says “I use skittles “😂
@Marlex41
Photographers covering sporting events or the Olympic Games usually shoot in JPEG because the priority is getting the photos to the agencies as quickly as possible. They can't afford to waste time editing RAW files.
@voxorox
That's kind of how I got converted to RAW. I set my camera to RAW+JPG and shot some pictures. I put the jpegs into a separate folder without looking at them, and processed the RAW files until I got them looking the best I could. The processed RAW files looked WAY better, and some of the jpegs were so bad that they couldn't be processed even if I wanted to. I've been 100% RAW ever since. - But they take up so much space. > Storage is cheap. - But it takes so much time. > I like to think my photos are worth it.
@joachimreiner7924
I recently shot a concert in RAW and JPEG with Canon 5D Mark III. I can say that the ready JPEG came out much better than the edited RAW files. And I saved much editing time. BTW in many other situations RAW gives more editing flexibility. But til now I just develop RAW in camera or seldom in DPP, to keep the real Canon colours.
@Kevon420
I can't wait for JPG XL to be normalized in all camera models from every manufacturer, as well as 16 bit RAW files (hopefully with a good lossless compression across the board.) That would really make all this file management stuff and crummy old formats a lot less of an issue.
@creedsmack
Sorry, but I didn’t like your edit…
@steveklamkin
Outstanding video - outstanding example! I'm a convert to RAW, up until about 5 years ago I never even realized the difference and shot everything in jpeg! Now, I shoot about 95% RAW and only shoot jpeg in non-critical situations. It's made a world of difference, and when I edit those jpeg files, I often find something lacking. You're doing a real service, Jared, thanks!
@GinoFoto
I kind of prefer a brighter version of the image you started with.
@adrianvanleeuwen
I shoot raw and jpeg for all photos. For serious images like landscapes and great travel photos, I work from the Raw. When speed and low budget on a jog is a concern with high volume of photos, I make sure the exposure is very close and work the Jpegs. Raw is for when you need the extra dynamic range and increased colour.
@coloradofotomatt
Great vid Jared, one I'm sharing with my college basic digital photo students. I hear the same arguments (especially from Fuji film simulation shooters :face-blue-smiling:) and my response is the same as yours: Learn to edit. Digital has come so far from 20+ years ago when we HAD to shoot JPEG because card capacity wasn't large enough and processing RAW was in its infancy. I share with my students WHY JPEG is occasionally necessary — namely deadline-oriented shooting — and teach them an editing workflow/sync that outputs JPEG files rapidly that far exceed JPEG in the camera.
@scherge
Jpeg is the friends and family format. Also, you're edit is completely overkill, imo. It's a great shot, but turning the entire sky dark blue makes it look like its Dusk or a thunderstorm is coming, and making the clouds so prominent takes focus away from the animals and the vastness of the landscape, entirely. A little would have gone a long way here, imo. That's probably also my main reason for not owning any Fro Packs. Most presets are so over the top that they hurt my eyes 🙈 Anyhow, that doesn't take away from how entertaining and informative your videos are. 🙂👍
@joelcleare
Good to know my OG RAW workflow doesn’t need to change. 🎉
@mzeeshan
Great informative Video! Loved the black and white version of the picture! Looks very moody!
@kualilo
Sure. When you f'd up by "accidentally" taking your camera out of auto-mode, like your friend did, a RAW files will be a life saver most of the time. What about when your friend listened to you and had it in auto mode? Can you share those SooC JPG with us? Don't get me wrong, I aways shoot RAW+JPG. But I am so lazy now-a-days that 80% of the time, the SooC JPG is just fine for me as I don't care to sell/make money off of my photos.
@buzzj89