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<blockquote data-quote="sailtastic" data-source="post: 96759" data-attributes="member: 10902">Moab man,Your .jpeg files will have been adjusted by the in-built software on your camera for what it thinks will give the best image. The saturation, white balance and other settings will all be corrected for if the software deems that they were not correct. The RAW file will simply record the image as the sensor on the camera saw it. You can then modify the RAW image using ViewNX or Lightroom etc. to correct the image to look the way you want it. RAW files enable you to adjust far more than if you start from the already modified (albeit by the processor in the camera) .jpeg files, and in some cases allow you to produce the image you saw rather than a computer algorithms output.I suspect your software initially shows the image with default correction settings before dialling back to the data in the RAW image. One of the big adjustable factors with RAW images is whitebalance. Play around and see what you get. If you don't like having to adjust your pics, then change the settings on your camera and only shoot .jpeg.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sailtastic, post: 96759, member: 10902"] Moab man, Your .jpeg files will have been adjusted by the in-built software on your camera for what it thinks will give the best image. The saturation, white balance and other settings will all be corrected for if the software deems that they were not correct. The RAW file will simply record the image as the sensor on the camera saw it. You can then modify the RAW image using ViewNX or Lightroom etc. to correct the image to look the way you want it. RAW files enable you to adjust far more than if you start from the already modified (albeit by the processor in the camera) .jpeg files, and in some cases allow you to produce the image you saw rather than a computer algorithms output. I suspect your software initially shows the image with default correction settings before dialling back to the data in the RAW image. One of the big adjustable factors with RAW images is whitebalance. Play around and see what you get. If you don't like having to adjust your pics, then change the settings on your camera and only shoot .jpeg. [/QUOTE]

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