On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote: > I also shoot ***L (*ist D for highest quality/res jpeg). It's easily > sufficient unto the task. If I need better, I can switch to Tiff or Raw > on the fly. To be honest, however, unless I'm also using a tripod there > probably isn't much point. I have one Lexar 1GB card, 1 GB IBM > microdrive and a 256 MB eFilm card. If I were going on a trip, I'd > probably buy a few more 1 GB cards.
There is a big point to RAW besides extra resolution that you might get from avoiding compression artificacts. RAW saves 12 bits of data per pixel (instead of 8) and the data hasn't been run through the white balance or exposure code yet. As a result you can make sweeping white balance changes and better exposure changes than you can make to a JPEG file. alex
