Hi,
The thing with Raw is that processors change and you can glean improved results later on. Not so with Jpegs. I began with a Kodak DCS 460 which is Raw Only and Photoshop 4 with a plug-in. Later versions of processors greatly improved what I got originally. Same for the other Kodak and Nikon and Canon models over the decades.
I think that is where the Only Raw mentality comes from.
Stan
Not unlike Ansel Adams et al where they kept the negatives i.e. "raw" and produced several versions of prints i.e "developed raw", equivalent to JPEGs.
That, is a lot of words for "run whatcha ya brung".
Some inaccurate, but most pushing an evangelical agenda.
The OP will figure it out without enduring another round of RAW vs JPEG, which was resolved some time ago, most believe.
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I'm doing OK thanks. After instructing XnView MP to import all existing keywords my Categories list was a mess of old random keywords that I have previously added to some of my JPEGs. I have made a start on standardising the old keywords and organising them into a hierarchy. I haven't settled on how the final hierarchy will look so thank you for providing yours, it has given me some ideas. I have setup XnView MP to write metadata into my JPEGs so that if anything happens to my XnView MP install or I change software in the future the information is in the files. It's a good feeling finally getting organised 😀
Hi Stan, whilst revisiting my old photos I have mixed feelings regarding JPEG vs raw. For my cameras that only shot JPEG I do not mind that I have limited opportunities to improve image quality with modern software. In the main I like how they look, I think they have a certain charm and, a bit like my film photos, are dated by how they look. With some of the photos from my cameras that shot raw where I either didn't shoot raw or I deleted the raw later, I regret not saving the raw files. It would be great to be able to improve old raw photos with modern software but as I haven't got any modern software or a PC capable of running any I am not worrying about it too much at the moment, a decision I may regret in the future. I' have discovered some files where I only kept the final edit 😳 that upsets me much more than not saving the raw file. What on earth was I thinking deleting the original JPEG and/or raw!
Go and have a look at Affinity. It's free and very powerful.
Alan
Long ago I did even worse than that when I used to repair wristwatches and sell them on-line back when the popular image size was about 640px and I too usually deleted the raws. Back then, I wasn't really into photography as a hobby though.
