The end of RAW?

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carguy

Senior Member
Nikon is doing away with RAW in all consumer end DSLR’s in the future. So based on the current lineup the D610 and below would have no option to shoot RAW what so ever. The Nikon D800 and D4s which are the top of the line models would continue to have RAW as an option.
My worry is that in the future Nikon will ship all cameras with the ability to shoot RAW but you will have to pay to unlock it to use it in your cameras. If that day ever comes I am completely done with Nikon.

The quote in the press release coming from Japan “Here at Nikon we feel that the RAW Format is no longer needed. The cameras we are building are so advanced and sophisticated at processing that the resulting jpegs are close to perfect.”

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SteveH

Senior Member
I like the actual quote... it sounds so non-corporate! “Here at Nikon we feel that the RAW Format is no longer needed. The cameras we are building are so advanced and sophisticated at processing that the resulting jpegs are close to perfect.”

lol, its got to be April fools....

 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
SteveH said:
I like the actual quote... it sounds so non-corporate! “Here at Nikon we feel that the RAW Format is no longer needed. The cameras we are building are so advanced and sophisticated at processing that the resulting jpegs are close to perfect.”

lol, its got to be April fools....
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Said it better than I would have...

I mean, seriously? Nikon makes an earth shattering announcement and the inside scoop comes from... Jared??

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Camera Fun

Senior Member
And after reading lots of posts on this site I was ready to get started shooting RAW. Maybe the next release will say that 'RAW' will be replaced with 'Medium' and then 'Well-done'. :)
 
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