Which Image Format Should I Use?

If you're interested in digital photography, you've probably come across the many file formats used by photographers.
It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or a pro; you'll have to deal with them while shooting photos and downloading them to your computer. But which image format is ideal for you? It all depends on the outcome you desire and how much control you want over picture editing. The most prevalent picture formats used by digital cameras are listed here.

• This is most likely the most widely used picture format, not just in digital photography but also in web design. It's a good thing since you can be confident that you'll be able to open your file on any computer, without the need for any additional software.
  However, there is a drawback since JPEG is a 'lossy' format, which means that many details are lost owing to the format's compression.

• The TIFF format is the solution to JPEG's lossy quality. It implies that more information is stored, which equates to a However, this comes at a cost because TIFF files are famously large and can quickly consume storage medium capacity.

• Of the three, RAW may be regarded as the format that displays photographs at their most, well, raw. RAW photographs
  
  are raw, giving photographers greater flexibility over post-production processing.