With respect, its not really relevant vis a vis whether to shoot raw or not. But since you asked, as Im getting on a bit and don't like carrying loads of stuff about I only have one camera and one lens, Sony A7R3a + 24-70 F2.8 Sigma Lens, Total cost around 3k. Oh yes, I also have a nice point...
For those of you thinking should I shoot raw, here's the an image that I took today of a church ceiling. The first image is just a straight jpeg conversion from a raw file, the second image is the same raw file but with a few adjustments made in lightroom which took about 3 minutes, then...
Scott Kelbys book on processing raw files using Lightroom is brilliant, so easy to understand, a step by step guide, and available on amazon or ebay
There is nothing to fear, and your pics will look so much better. My regret, I wish I'd known how to process raw files from the start.
Fortunately chaps I don't have any regrets. I've only shot RAW since my first digital camera in 2003, and I have something like 350,000 files, Firstly NEFs (Nikon) then CR2s (Canon) and now ARS (Sony) all 350,000 files have been converted to Adobe DNG, all the raw images are catalogued...
But you still want to get the best out of your images regardless of whether you're blowing them up or not. All the info is in the raw file, you can recover highlights get detail in your shadow area etc. You should always be shooting raw.
Absolutely gutted when I heard that he'd died.
and ... I could have gone a lifetime without seeing those Heysel photos again, everytime I see them i feel sick.
The seed of this recent conflict (not the annexation of Crimea) begun a year ago with the west's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, coupled with the perceivance of a weak doddery US president. We are in unchartered territory, and like many on here I am worried about the eventual outcome.
Have you ever seen the young ones episode where an indignant Rick says 'I'm going to write to the lead singer of echo and the bunnymen' ..... this is the same thing, absolutely pointless, though I do agree with the sentiment.