Quote: Really questioning why I am shooting in RAW+. Should I just shoot in either RAW or JPEG
It’s a setting for optimum work flow.
1) what are you doing with your images? Printing BIG? Submitting for professional publication? Sharing 1024 wide images by web / email?
2) what post processing are you willing to do? Do you have a signature post processing technique?
I shoot Raw+
Why?
I like to play with / develop my landscape photos by pushing pulling and adjusting white balance. In fact it was operator error resulting in a days worth of photos shot in the wrong white balance that convinced me RAW was worth the extra file size. Recovering jpg files from wrong white balance can be difficult to say the least.
I regularly share the jpg file using Image Sync app and my phone. The jpg save settings are for files 2048 pixels long side. The smaller file is desirable for faster transfer and smaller storage requirements. Quality wise in this situation “good enough” is all I need.
Further to that I regularly shoot events where I print directly to 4x6 - extra jpg pixels are just unnecessary.
So to sum up: ‘better’ is not necessarily a suitable criteria as it does not capture what your needs may be.