FROKNOWSPHOTO WILL BE ANGRY WITH ME! I SHOOT JPEG FOR A DAY! Digital image format SHOOTOUT!

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My name is Simon d'Entremont and I'm a professional wildlife and nature photographer from Eastern Canada. This video will show you how to choose the best digital image format for you, even JPEG!

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[simon_dentremont]

What format do you shoot and why? I’d love to know!

[birdswithbeau]

I would love a video on astrophotography!

[TedSchade]

Simon - You are an excellent photographer, but you are an even better communicator/teacher. I get burnt out pretty fast by most of these “experts.” Not so with you. You get right to the point, there is no superfluous information and you cover a huge amount of information in a reasonable time. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

[Aceimus]

Simon is the definition of a great teacher. You're a master.

[-esseff-]

Astrophotography with telescope: YES YES YES!!!! I need this video!!!

[mchammer]

Unpopular take: I’ve never seen a Jared photo that I thought was anything special. However, Simon just drops these amazing photos so casually 😂

[petemc]

What's so refreshing about your channel is that you don't follow the crowd but do your own real world analysis and explain the results. No agenda.

[Ally-Oop]

Gosh I’m glad this guy exists. I’m learning so much with every video. I can’t wait to try this experiment out. I’ve got so many raws stashed away that I never touch but was too afraid not to have.

[NandishA]

One of the most useful photography channels without noise .

[TedSchade]

I conducted my own RAW-cRAW-jpg tests a few years ago when Canon introduced cRAW. There is no discernible difference 99.9% of the time. But, even though storage is cheap, the big advantage to cRAW is faster camera and computer processing. The camera works better (faster) with cRAW files and download/processing times are cut in half. Smart move going to cRAW—I’ve been preaching it to my fellow photographers for years.

[saurabhsonic]

You said "Andromeda Galaxy" and I was expecting a speck of some kind. The image that popped up was spectacular!!! Blew my mind!!

[zeo]

I love that you just come out and say if you prefer jpeg just use it. As a new to the hobby wildlife and astrophotography I have yet to dive deep into lightroom. I plan to but right now I am enjoying learning the changes between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO while shooting in jpeg.

[halloween]

Great title LOL! As a casual photographer I do mild editing so I shoot jpeg. I've never turned it into a demanding career so I never needed it. Your lessons have improved my digital photography that I frame as gifts for friends and family 16x20 max and they look great. It makes me happy to share my art as you share your knowledge. Thank you Simon

[brianeibisch]

Yep!! I shoot Jpeg too. I buy a camera to shoot scenes and other subjects, NOT to sit in front of a PC endlessly worrying about what FroPack LightRoom enhancement I should use on each and every shot. Cheers

[Bethos-Arne]

I am glad Simon spilling the beans. Jpeg photography has its place. For Raw I use compressed Raw of course as with my amount of photos taken, storage is an issue. Every now and then I go Jpeg-only which overall improves my photography as it is more fun to get things right in the photo than trying to save something in post.

[brianlevesque]

I confess I clicked mostly because of Jared Polin hahaha good bait Simon! ;) RAW shooter here, but I'm sure many people fully benefit from shooting Jpeg, especially those who need to deliver photos super fast. I will definitely experiment CRAW from now on: I didn't think of it as an option, but if you don't see any difference on 45mp R5, I suspect it will be the same on my R6!

Anyway, like everything else on your channel, I appreciate that your content does not focus on ''purist'' crap like ''shooting Jpeg or APS-C is for amateurs'', etc... You give the neutral pros and cons and let the people decide what works best for them. At the end of the day, 99% of published photos are in Jpeg!

Good video and great channel: could be renamed Simonknowsbestphoto ;)

[timdunning]

Thank you Simon. Always the most thoughtful, instructive and focussed advice. Peerless.

[wilfs]

Great video, & simplified explanations of the various modes. I'm a senior, hobby photographer that shoots primarily in JPEG & I try very hard to get it right in the camera. Post usually requires a minor tweak in exposure & I'm happy with that . I will try compressed though, but I'm not one to spend a lot of time tweaking my photos. Fujis tend to underexpose so that's easy to compensate for when composing the shot.

[Froschvampir]

I can answer that question without having seen the video: absolutely yes.

[labyzoune]

Don't ask if we want astrophotography video. WE WANT all the videos possible from you ! You really help my photography (wildlife mostly). I don't think there is better photography source on youtube than your channel. Thanks a lot, keep up the video !!!! (Désolé pour mon anglais car je suis du Québec 🙂)