When a discussion comes up on the "great photographers", names like Adams and others appear.  Such "photographers of renown" did what in the darkroom?  Ahhh..perhaps doodled? I know their work is art and I don't need to know the exact doodling  done to produce the wonderful images.  To the world, such folks are "great photographers".

I do the best in camera I can at the time but "doodle" as needed within the honesty of the scene.  Sometimes, the photo is also only a part of a creative graphic effort..that is a different beastie.

I shoot raw for special shots and jpg when doing something simple like the Christmas meal and relatives, or a bunch of shots of a church function which are to be shown on the big screen once and not printed.  Subject determines the format for me.

TomDart.