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Old November 30th 12, 08:54 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
PeterN
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Default Sony tells DSLR shooters they're idiots

On 11/30/2012 11:13 AM, Tim Conway wrote:
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In article , Gary Eickmeier
wrote:

I hate RAW and the processing necessary for it. Just not real
intuitive and
no standard file types and no real improvement over simpler JPEG.

No real improvement?

Do you seriously believe that extracting an additional 1 to 1.5 stops
of
dynamic range by using RAW over JPEGs is "no real improvement"?

I have never EVER seen an improvement in RAW compared to JPG. Do you have
an
example?


then you're doing something wrong.

a simple example is correcting white balance. another example is
recovering shadow detail. there are many others.


I agree.
btw, I think your pc clock is wrong...



One major advantage of RAW, in addition to the previously mentioned
ones, is that you can easily edit the RAW image, non-destructively.


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Peter