One of the great features in the new builds is the ability to disable RAW capture under certain conditions. These conditions are based on shooting modes that you may not want slowed down by RAW capture.
I was thinking that it might be useful to extend the functionality to include selecting or disabling RAW base on image quality (or perceived quality) e.g.
1) Turm off RAW capture if selected ISO (manual or Auto) is below a user selected value. If, for example, I'm happy with only JPEGs below ISO 200 (because the in-camera NR is acceptable below this level), turn off RAW capture.
2) Turn off RAW capture if shutter speed is higher (or lower) than a certain value. For example, noise increases at slower shutter speeds, so I may want to use RAW only for the slower shutter speeds (e.g. under 1 sec).
3) Turn off RAW if dynamic range of scene is below a certain range. The idea is that if the captured dynamic range is within the camera's capabilities, then turn off RAW. Otherwise, turn on RAW (so I have a chance to recovery marginally blown highlights in PP). Now I don't know if there's a way to record the dynamic range (there's currently no OSD showing this) and even if were possible to determine, dynamic range is ISO dependent (lower dynamic range at higher ISO speeds). Hmmm, may have to forget this one....
