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Originally Posted by mtecnic
I have a new lease on this topic after a Track event at Autobahn.
The action photog their and I had a conversation about RAW and JPG.
His team shoots on JPG for action at a track day event. The reason being they are shooting 20k images in a day and there would be 0 time left over for converting/post processing to get all the drivers their requested media or pictures. When I looked at the images he got of me and my car they are all quite nice as JPG. I then asked him about landscape and portrait photography and he said that those are proper situations to use RAW as its very tailored to the client. He emphasized getting the shot right no matter what format.
Summary: There is a time and place for RAW and the same goes for JPG.
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Those are special circumstances, working against a deadline. Some sports shooters are wirelessly transmitting their images as they take them and an assistant is picking keepers and publishing them instantly. That's another JPG situation. JPG is "good enough" almost all the time when it's going to be internet or TV.
Shooting for myself at any sporting event, I'd still shoot RAW and process after the event.
Dave