Episode #6 - Raw vs. JPEG

It's one of the biggest debates in digital photography—should you shoot in raw or JPEG format? Kirk McElhearn and Jeff Carlson break it down: the difference between the two, when one is better than the other, and specific advantages of each.

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Hosts:

• Jeff's website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram
• Kirk's website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram

Show notes

See the full show notes, including photos, screenshots, and more, here.

• Halide Camera
• Adobe Lightroom CC
• Raw bit depth is about dynamic range, not the number of colors you get to capture
• How to Work with RAW and JPEG Files in Apple’s Photos App

From Kirk's Photos library, here are two raw/JPEG pairs. The top photo was edited using the JPEG, and the bottom using the raw file. The small icons at the top-left corner show this.

The following gallery illustrates how the photo at the top of this post was captured and processed to bring details out of the raw file.

Split view of after/before versions to show how detail can be revealed from a raw file.

This is the original image, saved out of camera with no edits.

This is the same image after post-processing in Lightroom CC.

Our snapshots:

• Fotodiox Pro Lens Mount Adapter (Nikon to Fuji X)
• Readly

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