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Originally Posted by GoddyD
Hi
I am new to photography and I am loving it. I have head from a lot of people talking about shooting in RAW. so I switched to RAW instead of JPG. I cant see any benefits.
1) The files are too big so and it takes up a lot of space
2) I dont like the xmp files in my folders when I download the pics to my computer
3) Each company has specific RAW formats, meaning everytime I want to give my friends pictures I have taken of them straight from the camera I first have to download a olympus RAW file reader.
4) I can do the same things in photoshop and bridge to the RAW & JPG files.
I cant come up with any advantages. Please advice on how best I can take advantage of RAW files.
Thanx in advance.
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EDIT: Oops -- my browser just decided to show all of the other posts. Leaving the post for others who, like me, are at the stage of reading one-syllable answers.
I'm definitely a rank amateur photographer even though I switched to a DSLR several years ago. Since my interest is much more in post production, I'm just beginning to experiment using the RAW format. My understanding is that RAW images straight from the camera allow much more flexibility when working in Lightroom and Photoshop. May not make a difference to very experienced photographers who can usually get what they want out of a shot but it can make a world of difference to someone like me.
