RAW vs. JPEG in Lightroom

[xpatUSA]

I cannot for the life of me understand the fetish about shooting JPEG.

...the RAW vs JPEG argument/questions will keep appearing over and over again.

Indeed, RAW vs JPEG discussions to me were irrelevant, because my camera only shoots RAW thereby making life very simple . . .

. . . until I bought a Panasonic GH1 micro four-thirds format camera. Although it can produce RAW files, these are not corrected for lens distortion nor I think for CA. But the JPEG output files are corrected (extremely well) in-camera. So, I use the JPEGS, not having the patience to faff around in PSE6 on such matters. Theoretically, it's Wifey's camera anyway ;-)

[Inkanyezi]

Indeed, RAW vs JPEG discussions to me were irrelevant, because my camera only shoots RAW thereby making life very simple . . .

. . . until I bought a Panasonic GH1 micro four-thirds format camera. Although it can produce RAW files, these are not corrected for lens distortion nor I think for CA. But the JPEG output files are corrected (extremely well) in-camera. So, I use the JPEGS, not having the patience to faff around in PSE6 on such matters. Theoretically, it's Wifey's camera anyway ;-)

When I bought my Lumix G1, it came with SilkyPix RAW converter, and that one indeed corrects optical errors from the Panasonic lenses. Corrections may be set in other software too, but in Silkypix it's automagic.

[rpcrowe]

These two videos give an indicaton of what you can do processing RAW files in Adobe Camera RAW - 7 (which comes with Lightroom-4, Photoshop CS-6 and Photoshop Elements-11)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIt1cDw5lLI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCYtlzLr1Zo