I tend to shoot Raw+jpeg nowadays, especially because the larger media cards hold so many images, and it gives me the option of pretty heavy handed editing/cropping, etc.using the Raw image, should I decide to, when sitting down calmly and post processing.Many times, in the heat of the moment while shooting, it allows a little more freedom when composing, knowing that I will have a lossless, Raw image recorded, as sometimes, heavily editing/cropping, etc., a mediocre shot,or even slightly tweaking, can make a better, or more interesting one, and you want to edit Raw whenever possible as the others have said.

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D5100
Nikkor 50mm 1.8
18-55DX
55-200VR
other asst. glass

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