JPEG or RAW - One of the Three Religious Arguments in the Digital World

Of course the other two are Canon vs. Nikon and MAC vs. PC, but back to religious argument #1 - JPEG vs. RAW. OK, OK, I'm coming out of the closet. I'm a JPEG shooter. Please no emails. It's fast post production on my 3000- 4000 wedding images, takes up much less hard drive real estate, and gets the job done. I routinely print 24x36 images, often even larger and all the daily image postings were shot JPEG - 'nuf said.

But who else is a JPEG shooter? You might be a bit surprised. My good buddy and great commercial photographer, Will Crocket, over at ShootSmarter.com is a JPEG shooter. By the way, he has a very cool site - go check it out right here. Another JPEG shooter is our buddy, world renowned wedding photographer, Gary Fong. You can read his bio right here. Another former JPEG shooter was David Hobby over at the Strobist. He was featured in an interview over at That's My Monkey right here. He confided in the interview that when he was shooting a lot of images in a day, he shot JPEG but has switched to RAW since. In any event, why does it have to be a "religious argument". Hey, it's what works best for your situation - JPEG vs RAW; Good vs Evil; Right vs. Wrong - hey just joking :~) By the way, here is a great article on the subject over at the KenRockwell.com right here - it goes covers the discussion very thoroughly and is a good read.