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[quote=DAVEC,264683]Carlos,

When a camera takes a shot in jpeg the data goes through the cameras processor and is then compressed to reduce its size.
With RAW the data bypasses the processor and is saved with virtually no compression hence it is known as RAW data.
The manufacturers supply software to convert and see the image but any adjustments you make in that software need to be saved and that is best done as a TIFF file again because it compresses less.
I shoot everything as RAW because it allows much better adjustments especially white balance, I then look at and adjust every image I want to use on my website. I save 1 copy as RAW, 1 copy as TIFF and also 1 copy as low quality jpeg for the website.
If you want to shoot RAW consider the time you need to spend on your pc and the space you need to store the images. a 10mp camera will shoot approx 8-12mb files in RAW and when converted to TIFF they will be around 50mb.
RAW is really the best quality but unless you plan to do very large photos then its possibly not worth it.[/quote]

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