Do most of u shoot in raw. I realise shooting in raw in 24MP , 16gb sd card really cannot take too many photos

If you don't plan on doing a lot of editing, jpeg is fine already

Keke, should be come with free , when bought new camera body.

Hmm, if you don't mind for do more in future , grab 32gb should be quite enough

i not pro level. Ya minimal editing only. But seems the capture one express works best with raw ?

well it does cone with free 16gb. But saw lazada selling 16gb original sony quite cheap too

same here... shooting RAW will fill my 16gb SD card really fast LOL

i mostly shoot JPEG. the only time i'll shoot RAW is when Im under multiple changing light sources. It'll mess up the white balance so shooting RAW gives me more flexibility to correct in post.

I shoot in RAW and my SD card is only 8GB-- it's more than enough for every short trip I went. In fact, I control image quantity and save shutter count too.

wow how do u do that

Depends on what u shoot? I guess it is almost necessary to shoot in RAW for landscape because u want all the dynamic range to capture.

If shoot sports or panning shot, u can shoot faster in JPG.

Maybe I only shoot things that I like. Usually I don't take burst image. I know what angle I want to shoot--if I don't get that, I delete the image and retake (bad habit, but works fine for me).

No capture planing with video , that's fine, still can long run on 16gb.
Nowadays for those video, at least minimum from 64gb liao

I'm planning to buy sandisk 128gb @ 300mb one, cause for future, will play more on videos job.

for me is depend but lazy to change setting haha so end up will shoot raw n jpeg also hehe normally im using 16gb sd card

Depends on how you shoot, 16GB can actually last quite many 24MP RAW files over 200 shots. If you like to spam shots any amount of SD card also not enough ......... .ok la maybe 64GB.

Eh, it's not about "plan on doing edit" but rather RAW file gives you headroom to adjust if the outcome isn't as good as what's expected.

Even JPG can edit but once the variables go far off (eg exposure too far off, WB bad) then RAW has the advantage.

Even for commercial work - my photos are straight out of camera usable, that doesn't mean I use JPG. I still use RAW so I have room to enhance in a less destructive way.

First off shoot both raw and jpeg, doesnt matter what subject you shoot, just keep them all (get 32Gb or 64Gb if u out of space). Use some of the free raw editor software and play with the adjustment or photoshop if u want a bit more advance. Then look at youtube and see how some some turn mundane picture into more wow shots.

After that then you can decide whether the extra space on raw is worth. Take note if u using sony kit lens, always enable lens profile in raw editor (if available) cause that lens has issue on the wide end if not corrected.

even with L & fine setting im out of space already

L at FINE also quite big size leh. People think JPG is small but nowadays JPG is around half the size of RAW only.

having 2x 64gb sdxc cards.. using it for YEARS! storage was never a concern..

shoots both in jpeg and raw depending on occasion. On average a 10 day trip i shoot around 2k images only. also usually i set the size to somewhere around 10mp/12mp.. despite my gear could do 16mp/24mp

This one. It's really applicable, for my website work. 18MP camera also I set to 8MP / 10MP range only, and JPG. Spare a lot of space.

8GB memory card. 16MP camera. Raw + JPEG so far no issues pick your shots then back them up at night

say u go for a 1 week trip. That will fill up pretty fast right

If every thing and every moment also you want to shoot then susah liao. Sure fill up fast.

But will you be enjoying the trip?

Pro - shoot raw

Enthusiast - raw or jpeg


Rule of thumb - always raw , it's not about editing, in case u F up the white balance or exposure at least can save . And picture style can tweak after that too, a good freedom u have for shooting raw

That's a misconception. Yes, highly likely most pros will shoot raw for editing purpose. But there are also pros who simply shoot jpegs. Case in point, those that strictly shoot B&W only, sports that require a huge buffer that only jpeg can keep up or those in journal assignment to upload picture fast to the news before anyone else.

Raw offers greater flexibility but not like that much which you can still edit with jpeg. I shoot both raw+jpeg, and find myself editing jpeg more cause the in-body camera already calibrate the colour to my liking from start. Depending on camera model which churn out different color profile, you will probably prefer just to do jpeg edit than raw. Only time I will recommend raw is when you find yourself in very challenging lighting situation which may require excessive tweaking.

But like I said before, it boils down to preferences which TS has to discover himself through experimentation than follow blindly what we say.

Depends.. most of my casual shots I shoot jpeg..
For shots that need special lighting setups, mostly use raw.

LOL @ the PRO shoot RAW part.

Take note what DaddyO mentioned.

For my website purpose I also shoot JPG simply because
1. smaller file size
2. faster process flow

Faster process flow because my color profile already set, my studio setup already confirm all output is usable straight off the memory card 98% of the time.

Just need to crop, water mark and use.

If I use RAW I still have to do all the other adjustments for color, then convert to JPG via LR, then open them to add watermark again.

Not to mention in the end all going to resize for web (smaller than 4MP) so what for I take RAW and takes up a lot more space for the same purpose?

90% i shot with jpg
I shot raw when lampu like disco

FYI most if not all photojournalist are required to shoot in jpg

^ this is correct.

They know their art, exposure will be always sufficient for print / publication.

They do not have the time to transfer all RAW to device, and then convert all to JPG.

The amount of time taken is not helpful when your team is waiting for images from you. Competitors news all up already while your side still transferring RAW to computer.

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