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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 329741" data-attributes="member: 1061">Look at it this way, because honestly, there's really no other way to look at the ever-raging RAW vs JPEG debate...A digital image is going to get processed in one of two ways: either by your camera's firmware (JPEG) or by external software (RAW). Your PC and the software used to process a RAW file have far more power and options than your camera does. There are SOOC (Straight Out of Camera) zealots who subscribe to the incorrect premise that JPEG files are untouched by processing, and are somehow more &quot;real&quot; or &quot;pure&quot; than edited RAW images. In fact, they've merely delegated that task to the camera instead of doing it themselves. To answer your questions more directly: No, you do not need to edit in post with RAW. Are RAW photos made to be processed? Yes. As already mentioned, you would be better served to exercise some creative freedom with your photos, which is the biggest advantage of shooting RAW.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 329741, member: 1061"] Look at it this way, because honestly, there's really no other way to look at the ever-raging RAW vs JPEG debate... A digital image is going to get processed in one of two ways: either by your camera's firmware (JPEG) or by external software (RAW). Your PC and the software used to process a RAW file have [I]far more[/I] power and options than your camera does. There are SOOC (Straight Out of Camera) zealots who subscribe to the incorrect premise that JPEG files are untouched by processing, and are somehow more "real" or "pure" than edited RAW images. In fact, they've merely delegated that task to the camera instead of doing it themselves. To answer your questions more directly: No, you do not [I]need[/I] to edit in post with RAW. Are RAW photos made to be processed? Yes. As already mentioned, you would be better served to exercise some creative freedom with your photos, which is the biggest advantage of shooting RAW. [/QUOTE]

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