Comments on: RAW vs JPEG: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Be Shooting?

By: David

David — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:12:53 +0000

Sime – Enjoyed the article. One aspect of JPEG that you didn't mention is that JPEG applies a lossy compression to the images. This means that not only has the camera decided which setting to apply to the picture, it also has combined pixels in the image to save space (part of the compression algorithm). What this means is that addition data, beyond what you mentioned, is also lost. This comes into play when you want to zoom in. The image will become pixelated/blurry extremely quick. So, it you think that think you will be wanting to zoom in on your images, RAW is the better option.

By: jhsvdm

jhsvdm — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:07:54 +0000

This discussion will soon include HEIF files as per newer cameras as well. Not all editing software can handle these. Nonetheless, it is useful if you could have a nice picture straight out of the camera. The cameras do develop the RAW files and you have some input into how it should too. They use picture styles like landscape, portrait etc and for each of these you can tweak saturation contrast sharpness to fine tune. Some cameras will also let you set a film simulation. You can set your camera’s development settings to render sharp high contrast monochrome pictures too. Just need to play around with it and find what suits your taste.