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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 405495" data-attributes="member: 13090">The difference between a JPG and a RAW file coming straight out of the camera is the JPG has already been processed (by the camera) using things like the Picture Controls. The camera automatically applies adjustments to things such as white balance, saturation, contrast and sharpening; then the file is drastically compressed.The RAW file has had none of those adjustments performed on it; the file is exactly what the sensor recorded and requires processing. RAW files are not &quot;image files&quot;, they're data files that you need to process into image files. RAW files will always need adjustments to things like white balance, saturation, contrast and sharpening. It's more work, but the file in UN-compressed and has a LOT more flexibility when it comes to processing, which is why most people who shoot RAW choose it over shooting JPG. Shooting RAW gives you a huge amount of control over the final product that JPG files do not. JPG's will always look better right out of camera, though, because JPS's have been processed while RAW files have not.Helpful link: <a href="http://www.slrlounge.com/school/raw-vs-jpeg-jpg-the-ultimate-visual-guide/" target="_blank">RAW vs JPG: The Ultimate Visual Guide</a>.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 405495, member: 13090"] The difference between a JPG and a RAW file coming straight out of the camera is the JPG has already been processed (by the camera) using things like the Picture Controls. The camera automatically applies adjustments to things such as white balance, saturation, contrast and sharpening; then the file is [I]drastically[/I] compressed. The RAW file has had none of those adjustments performed on it; the file is exactly what the sensor recorded and requires processing. RAW files are not "image files", they're data files that you need to process into image files. RAW files will always need adjustments to things like white balance, saturation, contrast and sharpening. It's more work, but the file in UN-compressed and has a LOT more flexibility when it comes to processing, which is why most people who shoot RAW choose it over shooting JPG. Shooting RAW gives you a huge amount of control over the final product that JPG files do not. JPG's will always look better right out of camera, though, because JPS's have been processed while RAW files have not. Helpful link: [url=http://www.slrlounge.com/school/raw-vs-jpeg-jpg-the-ultimate-visual-guide/]RAW vs JPG: The Ultimate Visual Guide[/url] [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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