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[Mojo Jojo]

Well i think i mean Raw...

My question is thus.

My Finepix has the option to shoot in RAW. Would i get better pictures shooting in RAW?
And do i have to do anything else when i load them up? or is it the same as the default format?

Just Wondering ....

 

[Slapo]

What are you looking for specifically when you're asking "Would i get better pictures shooting in RAW?"
Custom noise/sharpness handling? Highlight recovery? Something else?

To process raw files, you need a raw converter, such as RawTherapee, UFRaw, RAWHide or, specifically for Fuji's digicams, s7raw. With those, you can convert them to e. g. tiffs and work with them as usual.

 

[fletch5]

raw is just the data your sensor catches, the default is most likely jpeg, which the camera has used the raw file, applied slight sharpening and compressed to jpeg.

since the raw file is al the data captured, you can use software(normally something comes with the camera) to alter and recover more data.they offer more control of the final shots and easier to alter white balance.

that said, your computer wont recognise the raw file and treat it as an image without raw editing software, and every company uses different settings for raw, eg nikon raw files arent the same as canon raw files. websites wont recognise them as image files either

 

[DeadlySmurf]

Mojo though i would post so you had my avatar
<----- thats the way you do it

With Raw you can alter your picture alot after the event to get more of anything you want. jpeg is the picture and you can alter what you want but it is "distroying" the picture were as RAW is "changing" the actual settings

if that even makes sence

 

[Slapo]

With Raw you can alter your picture alot after the event to get more of anything you want. jpeg is the picture and you can alter what you want but it is "distroying" the picture were as RAW is "changing" the actual settings.

Not entirely, you still have a limited amount of data to work with, there's just more of it in raw files, which is what gives you more room in post processing.