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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 74841" data-attributes="member: 9521">A RAW file is simply that, a complete raw file that has had nothing done to it. A JPEG file is a formerly RAW file that has been processed and approximately 3/4 of the information has been thrown away. If you are going to use your image files "as is" then there's essentially no difference between the two. The reason is that before you can share the RAW file you have to convert it to a JPEG so that others can see it and so that its size is small enough to be emailed (or uploaded). If, however, if you plan on fine tuning it so as to maximize the aesthetic appeal or to adjust the image to be closer to your original concept when you took the image, then you would want to keep the RAW file. It has all the information that will allow you to adjust and tweak it to more suit your artistic vision.</blockquote>