So...I made the leap into DSLR this year and capturing lots of pictures. I have read plenty of JPG verse RAW threads and moved to just shooting RAW.
Now, my library is growing quite large in size, probably sitting at 50GB for what I shot on my 60D this year, which is what I have for a 10 years of JPG's.
Question - what are tradeoffs, recommendations for Large verse Medium Raw? I am shooting with 60D purely for personal use. Pictures would be mainly for online or 8x10 at the largest. When is one the better choice over the other.
I am not really concerned about local storage. I use Lightroom for management and store locally on a network storage device which has plenty of room and easy to expand. I really start thinking about the implications for backup, especially if I want to use an online backup service. The costs could really shot up for ones based on total storage.
So, is large RAW what I should be using and I should figure out storage or is it overkill for my use? Certainly, I don't want to drop lower than I need since I can't get it back.
Or is medium RAW the right one for my use? This save a little space and a bit easier on the computer to process.
Or is it a mix? Use medium most of the time, large when I know I will want to crop. I want to keep it somewhat simple, otherwise I will forget when I need to switch.
Thanks for letting me ask such a simple question and would appreciate anyone's experience.
Thanks,
Eric
Large RAW - 17.9 megapixal, 24.5 MB filesize, (5184 x 3456)
Medium RAW - 10.1 megapixal, 16.7 MB filesize, (3888 x 2592)