RAW vs JPEG

The difference between RAW and JPEG is that a RAW file contains uncompressed and unprocessed image data captured by the sensors of a digital camera or scanner. A JPEG file is a lossy raster file format that compresses an image to make the file smaller. The RAW file is bigger than the JPEG. With RAW files, you need to factor in the time it will take to process and convert the file into a JPEG. This means storing two versions of the same image, which uses up more storage space, and leads to longer backups and transfers. It can also cause camera slowdown when shooting RAW, meaning your frame rate may fall. If I were to shoot an event i would use the JPEG files because although they’re smaller images, i can shoot more without waiting long for them to load and they could be sent to anybody without a problem.

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