sports photography question

[goodspeed721]

What is the best format for boxing photography? RAW or JPEG?

Also, which format has a good quality for printing?

Thank you. I much appreciate your replies.

[Jim Bryant]

1. RAW
2. jpg or TIFF

[BCampbell]

It depends on your camera. If you're going to be using burst mode, you may be better off shooting JPG because you'll have a higher framerate and the buffer will clear faster. Higher end cameras -- 7D, 5DMkII -- shoot RAW bursts acceptably fast and have high throughput with fast memory cards, but further down the line you'll find RAW really slowing you down for action sports.

[freybear3]

Originally Posted by BCampbell

It depends on your camera. If you're going to be using burst mode, you may be better off shooting JPG because you'll have a higher framerate and the buffer will clear faster. Higher end cameras -- 7D, 5DMkII -- shoot RAW bursts acceptably fast and have high throughput with fast memory cards, but further down the line you'll find RAW really slowing you down for action sports.

I think raw would be best. but you are right bout the frame rates. I guess its a dcision of quality (raw) or quantity (jpg)

[goodspeed721]

Thank you for all replies.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by BCampbell

It depends on your camera. If you're going to be using burst mode, you may be better off shooting JPG because you'll have a higher framerate and the buffer will clear faster. Higher end cameras -- 7D, 5DMkII -- shoot RAW bursts acceptably fast and have high throughput with fast memory cards, but further down the line you'll find RAW really slowing you down for action sports.

Framerate doesnt change: the buffer clearing time does. That's all.

[BCampbell]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Framerate doesnt change: the buffer clearing time does. That's all.

Canon EOS 1000D / Rebel XS Review: 3. Specifications: Digital Photography Review
• Continuous: 3.0 fps JPEG to card capacity
1.5 fps for 5 RAW frames or 4 RAW+JPEG

Depends on the camera. This is mainly true for older cameras, my 300D shoots much slower in RAW. Maybe I shouldn't have said "higher end" cameras; most DSLRs these days won't suffer, but consumer-end models will fill the buffer quickly.

The point is, while the general wisdom is "always shoot RAW", like anything general it's not automatically true always.