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Re: how many of you use RAW or even need it?
I've been mainly using JPEG at it's highest quality (i.e. lowest compression) setting, both on my current Canon dSLR and my previous Canon Powershot G2 point & shoot. I've experimented with RAW just a little, but I'm not real comfortable doing a lot of post processing in Photoshop -- I only own PS Elements, and have mainly used it to clean up red eye and remove sensor/lens spots.
The thought of spending a lot of time processing RAW files after a vacation just does not excite me, either. When we return from a vacation, I may have as many as 1,000 photos to sort through. I'm just an amateur, so I'm not trying to make any income from my pictures, and I've been pleased with the results from jpeg. There are times where I'll struggle with exposure and RAW may have helped, but usually I can recognize those situations and will take a few shots at different exposures to hopefully get one that's acceptable. With digital, there's no cost in bracketing exposures (just storage space on your memory cards).
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