is [RAW] better enough to warrant spending the half hour to hour tweaking it to be just right, when the jpeg is "good enough?"
Originally Posted by
lphilpot
the question is then, 'how important is this image'?
Here's my answer: You don't know this until after you've taken the picture, so it's best to assume that it will be worth the time, and that the picture is very important.
Here's a simpler example. For 90% of the photos I take when on my bike, a low resolution would be fine. For example, 640 x 480 would be fine for this image:
So, I would love to set that as the default resolution in the camera. Uploads would be faster, and I wouldn't have to resize every image.
But, sometimes I get a photo that I want to use at a very high resolution, like this one (
click here for higher resolution):
So, I always use the best resolution.
IOW, it's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.