depend how u see it. *edit: seriously, everyone has thier ideal bout raw or jpeg. jsut try it out, see how u like it

i got advise from pro saying the total opposite thing.
if u are lazy, or dunno how to set the WB, use raw, then set the thing later (or more like, if u dunno what setting to use, use raw)
if u know what u wan, which WB to use, manual setting with the right exposure, why not shoot jpeg?
even many pro didnt bother to use raw, as they say, too much work to deal with later.
so it really depends, for newbie, try it out, see how you like it, if u dont mind the extra post processing time consumed, go ahead...
some people are soooo good with photoshop, they can alter a jpeg far more then a raw software itself.
but for product shooting or advertisement or super blown up roadsign afvert, raw is recommened. but if u have a A900 "24mp", do u really need raw?
up to u

*edit: in the end, if ur machine has off-focus calibration, what u shoot also not sharp, even with raw, a blur photo is still blur.
to say, the purpose of raw is to set the colors effect to it. it doesnt help at all if ur photo is blurred. which in my case, 99% of my photo is blur due to the calibration couldnt fix by sony
This post has been edited by ieR: Oct 8 2009, 10:56 PM