...and so did I for exactly the same reason.
My daughter borrowed my X-T10 with the 18-55.
The X-T10 I have replaced already.
Now I found a 18-55 for AUD 415 (Black Friday offer).
I have considered shooting just jpeg. But I like to cover all my bases so I shoot both jpeg fine + uncompressed raw. Yes, it takes up more card and disk space but it does allow me/you the freedom to make changes - even in LR. I have found the profiles for the Fuji camera in LR come pretty darn close, if not exact (for me) when I compare a jpeg and a raw side by side. Even though you can adjust a jpeg file to a certain extent I love the fact that with the raw file, I can swap the profile say from Provia, my go-to fuji profile to say Classic Chrome, or something else. You can also process the raw files in camera, where you can't do that with the jpeg. Now, one thing you won't here me say here or anywhere else is that I shoot in raw so I can "fix it later". to me, that is a waste of valuable time and a big no-no when I can nail it in the camera whenever possible - hence, the jpeg. Once I import in LR, and I can see the images side-by-side I will make the determination whether I'll keep the raw file or the jpeg. Since I shoot stock images I normally maintain the raw file and chuck the jpeg. However, when I photograph family and family events I do still shoot in raw+jpeg, but I find, that if I did my job correctly, I can usually just keep the jpeg and chuck the raw file. Sometimes (actually many times) I screw up the exposure, or white balance and have to use the raw.. The X-T2 uncompressed are 50mb, no small amount, these are very comparable with my D800e raw files (lossless compressed). I do not use the lossless compressed on the Fuji. Just a quirk on my part.
As I said, card space, and HD space are relatively cheap. I have a Drobo running 16TB of HD space, and a RAID1 WD system running another 8TB of data - the hard drives are under 100.00 bucks US ea for 4TB or more. With regards to SD cards, over the last several years I've accumulated 25 or so cards in the 16G and 32G variety. I pick up a few whenever they are on sale. I can shoot in JPEG+Raw a total of just over 10,000 images before I have to reload. Again: cards are cheap, and so are hard drives. So unless you are a super human, world class shooter who doesn't make mistakes, or a casual care-free photographer I would seriously consider shooting jpeg fine+ raw. Then make your final decision as to which file to keep or discard after you've imported and reviewed your images.
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