Originally Posted by David Bierbaum

Here's a question I'm pondering. Is it worth it to bother taking pictures in RAW format? It takes longer to take the picture, and it takes longer to do myself what the camera does automatically. I like the color in RAW better, but is it enough better to warrant spending the half hour to hour tweaking it to be just right, when the jpeg is "good enough?"

Here's a sample, courtesy of the model who obligingly posed for me, on the bush I clipped yesterday.