That is the finest Jam and Cream "Doughnut" from good old Greggs.
I say doughnut coz i'm not sure why they call it a doughnut but it's literally just something I bought on lunch and thought, hey why not!
In terms of RAW I like toying with my images in Adobe Lightroom afterwards and I've heard that there is more flexibility with RAW than JPEG.
It's not Adobe converting the images for me, it's a program called "CR2 Converter". I know i'll have a check on this forum on my iPhone to see if it's the conversion or monitor.
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Nope to be honest the quality isn't a lot better on my iPhone, I may post that picture again when I get home and export it to JPEG through Lightroom.
RAW does give a bit more flexibility, but that only really matters if you-re /really/ messing with things or if your photo is basically maxxing out the sensor's dynamic range (or your exposure sucks). Learn how to properly expose and use lighting, and you'll very rarely have a situation where it matters. Try it out and decide for yourself if you really want. Your camera should have a setting that saves both a JPEG and RAW image. Apply the same edits to both, and you'll see that the quality difference is negligible, except in extreme situations.
If you're editing every photo, use a program that can natively take your camera's raw files, and have the space, then you might as well go for it since it won't hurt you any. If not, it's usually not worth the inconvenience, especially if you're just learning.
Canon should have a RAW converter available somewhere (most manufacturers do, I think.) Adobe also has a program that converts to .DNG for use with older versions of photoshop. Assuming it's been updated to support your camera (mine is rather old, so haven't been checking), this would probably be your best option. It still gives you a RAW image, just in a more usable format.
If you're using this "CR2 converter" then editing, there is no point whatsoever. Straight out of camera jpeg will be better than a jpeg created by some random third party software. The point of RAW is that you can import the uncompressed image data directly into your editing software.
Also, calibrate your monitors. You can get a kit for this fairly cheap. TN panels won't be perfect, but it'll be a whole lot better than the awful out of the box settings.
