Originally posted by frank Wow! So many raw-only shooters here
Well, it just *is* better raw...
Originally posted by frank Hope I'm not the only one. I'd shoot JPG mostly when I'm traveling, unless it's a photo trip, but I'd switch to raw when the lights get complicated or too dark. I even shoot in jpg mostly when I'm out w the kids.
To me I don't have the time or mood sitting in front of computer and converting all those travel photos before I can share w my family (who usually would be w me when I'm traveling) or make some quick prints. With two young schooling kids around, sometimes the only time I switch on computer is to make some quick prints for the wife or kids (mostly I use ipad or kindle HD for Internet).
IMO the most important thing for travel is to enjoy the trip and have some fun during the trip, meantime take some photos to keep the memory. JPGs from Pentax dSLR cameras are more than enough for this purpose. Just take JPGs if you are happy w the results.
Well, I'd humbly submit that you're doing things the wrong way around, and you still should be taking RAW, always, and especially in your situation...let me explain....
If you do not feel like spending hours in front of a computer to manually convert them all, then simply pick almost any raw-converter and hit "autopilot" to get jpegs.....
If you want "instant gratification" to stick on, say, a tablet or mail to friends while on vacation, set the camera to take RAW+jpeg.
But, having the RAW allows you to deal with a "complicated light situation" or recover that once-in-a-lifetime shot without having to remember, or take the time, to change settings on the camera.
There, honestly, isn't any valid reason for having a DSLR and not taking RAWs(*).
(*) maaaaybe one exception, if you really really need to shoot in high-speed-continuous AK47-mode, AND if your camera can process sensor data to a jpeg faster than it can write the raw file to the memory card AND your buffer is running full AND you're happy with not being able to do any PP on your shot... then maybe - and only maybe - can shooting jpeg w/o RAW be justified....but even then, only as a stop-gap measure until you acquire a more appropriate camera for the kind of photography you apparently do.