What is the difference between raw and jpeg in quality ? Is there a reason for the two, any advantages?
Years back there was an advantage to shooting RAW for the average guy because in camera JPEG engines were so bad. Nowadays, with new cameras, the advantages to shooting a RAW are much fewer because cameras are more advanced in how they process files.
I shoot nothing but JPEGs now in my cameras that are less than a few years old. I only shoot RAW in my old Nikons, or where I know I am going to be doing heavy post processing involving several adjustment layers in a Photoshop.
You'll have to become very proficient at Photoshop or Lightroom to produce better JPEG conversions than what most recent cameras produce.
What kind of camera do you have? To what use will you be putting your pictures?
