On consumer P&S cameras, it's one more thing to explain and potentially support. Since the vast majority of P&S owners don't even know what RAW is, the manufacturers just don't want to complicate matters. IMHO, that is ;-) DSLRs, EVILs, and advanced compacts that I know of all support RAW.
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was just thinking that it would seem an easy thing to provide the > option to save to RAW format on any digital camera. I won't consider a > camera that doesn't have that ability. So is that functionality being > withheld to differentiate a higher end camera from a lower end model > and therefore command a higher price? > > Obviously casual users don't need it, or want to understand it, but > surely the RAW data (aside from any small degree of massaging) is > there for the saving at some point in time. > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
