Mark is a big fan of RAW, personally I still shoot mostly in JPEG. Mainly out of laziness, partly because of file storage. It seems RAW is the way to go so I for one need to read more about it. Lucky for me I just happened across this useful Tutorial: Understanding RAW File Format
RAW file format is the uncompressed, unprocessed data file captured by the camera’s image sensor, before any in-camera processing has been applied (though, in practice, depending on the camera manufacturer, some minimal in-camera processing may have been applied to the RAW data). In this sense, it is the digital equivalent to the (exposed but as yet undeveloped) film negative.
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I guess i should take photos in raw. I do so much in post it might give me a better start.
You might find it doesn’t suit your rapid-fire shooting style, RAW is a bit slower than JPEG?
It will limit the amount of shots you can take in succession. You’ll probaby get to three before the buffer fills, it’s more to do with buffer size than the amount of time to take RAW. I would say that RAW is quicker due to the fact it isn’t doing any processing, it’s just that the files are much larger due to the camera recording every pixel (between 5 and 8 meg per shot).
It would all depend on what you are shooting. I use nothing but RAW, but I don’t shoot anything fast moving. I do a lot of processing outside photoshop using pixmantec RAW shooter. Download load it, it’s great (and free!)