[Leica] Now RAW vs JPEG

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At 10:01 PM 5/20/2005, you wrote:
>Why shoot RAW? It's nothing but a pain in the ass and more work!
>
>My routine when handling digital images on the computer? JPEG


Sorry to be late but I just caught up with this thread.  No, Ted!!  I'm 
sorry but I very much disagree here.

Would you make a print from a negative and then destroy the negative 
because you had the print?

A JPEG or Tiff is the print equivalent of a digital RAW negative.  You can 
develop the RAW negative many different ways with the software that is 
available now.  Who knows what will be available in the future!  With a RAW 
file (negative) you will be able to take advantage of any improvements in 
conversion software just like you can now use old negatives to continue to 
make better and better prints with the technology that is available.

RAW is always the way to go unless you are just taking snapshots that you 
never intend to use again.

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com