I came across this handy posting that explains what RAW files are and why you might want to use them on your digital camera.
I make no claim of being a great photographer (evidence here), but if I just had a dime for every time I hear someone knowingly say ‘Yeah, I shoot everything in RAW and post-process it in Photoshop’ but their in camera composition is absolute crap. Please, learn some basic camera and composition skills before you go blowing wind about your ‘post-processing workflow’. And having a $2000USD camera that you shoot everything in auto-mode isn’t terribly impressive. Oh, don’t get me started…
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