Video: JPEG vs Raw: Which format is best for your workflow?

While the JPEG vs RAW argument is one photographers have been having for decades, there's a lot to be said for revisiting it when it comes to your workflow, as this useful video by Jason Row Photography explains.

As Row explains, both JPEGs and Raw each have their own time and place. 

As is widely understood, JPEGs have much less flexibility for adjustment post capture, with Raw files clearly the winner for when finer and more substantial editing shifts are needed.

Raw is also a clear winner when it comes to preserving details in over or underexposed images, making adjustments to white balance, and issues with colour depth when compressing images for web or social media use. JPEGs can exhibit banding and other quirks from image compression much more noticeably than Raw files do. 

On the flip side, JPEG does have some benefits in practical terms. Smaller files are easier and faster to handle, making them ideal for jobs with quick turnarounds, and for genres of photography that require minimal editing and high capture rates, such as sports photography, where they are often the preferred format.

Watch the video above for the rundown.