lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I don't usually see you starting argumentative questions like this old standard. YES, they look different!

johnec Loc: Lancaster county, PA

Thanks

Brent Rowlett Loc: Atlanta, GA

Shooting RAW, always underexpose the image by one f stop. From experience you will never be sorry when capturing detail is important. Overexposed is trash. You should never have a noise issue with an ISO of 400 and below. If you do, trash your camera and start over with a decent model. Good pros will bracket 3 rapid flash images. This is done to eliminate a blink rather than exposure, but it works for both.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Blown highlights in over exposure cannot be recovered, under exposed areas can usually be brought out.

O2Ra

To the original question “yes” as for the many reasons people have said. They will appear different in look. The Raw file stores so so much more info. Can you see with your naked eye the difference in stored info? Even if you were shown all the stored info in a Raw file I don’t believe our eyes can actually see the difference. We don’t have the ability to actually see all the stored info in a raw file vs a JEPG.

MadburyDon

For an old timer it is sort of like always having your original negative when you had film...you can process the negative to a print, make some changes to a print then still have the negative. I like to always have the "negative" - the RAW

peterg Loc: Santa Rosa, CA

An excellent raw image analyzer is "Raw Digger" http://www.rawdigger.com . Also "Fast Raw Viewer" at the same site. RawDigger is not a raw convertor. Instead, it allows you to see the data that will be used by raw convertors.

johnec Loc: Lancaster county, PA

Didn't know that. Thanks

johnec Loc: Lancaster county, PA

Thanks much. That helps

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

My understanding is that what we see in a RAW uncompressed file produced by a camera is its embedded JPEG, processed only by the camera settings that are necessary to produce the image, no embellishments for contrast, clarity, etcetera. What we see in a JPEG file is an embellished compressed-file version processed by the camera's settings. Due to compression (I think), the JPEG file does not contain all the data that the RAW file contains and thus cannot be edited in post to the extent that a RAW file can be edited. For that reason, a RAW file first has to be edited in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) and exported out as a viewable JPEG or TIFF or whatever format you want for further editing. I'm not sure if ACR is the only relevant RAW editor. There may be others.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

YES!

Either the software reverts to the settings in the preview image’s EXIF table (in which case, the initial interpretation looks much like the JPEG, but subtly better), OR, the software applies whatever default look you have chosen or created, OR, it applies the programmer’s defaults (if you haven’t changed them).

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

So very WELL stated .

Brent Rowlett Loc: Atlanta, GA

I shoot a lot of real estate images per day. Using available mixed lighting and bracketed time exposures with a constant f11 aperture, the white balance changes for every room. Especially in low light situations, digital cameras tend to shift the hues to a salmon, orange to yellow cast. I carry a little 8 inch target on a stand and shoot a good exposure for every room prior to shooting the bracket. When viewing raw images in Lightroom CC, placing the picker on the 18% gray color will reveal the exact temperature to sync with the bracket. Spot On color is achieved in every instance. Same for models, weddings etc. Nikon produces flat images with a slight blue cast. Canon is so much better with color out if the camera. I prefer a warmer image out of the camera and for that reason I switched to Canon cameras years ago. At any rate decorators of expensive high end homes are anal about achieving accurate color. I don’t take any changes so Lightroom is paramount. Setting white balance in the camera is time consuming and a pain in the butt. Shooting a little target or Passport Color Checker is the fastest way to accurate color using Lightroom. Shooting JPEGS is difficult to correct with tint filters, and when you have 25 or more images, consistency is key throughout.

philo Loc: philo, ca

the only reason i see to shooting both raw and jpeg is because some of my viewing programs will not show the raw image. I have to open the icon in order to view them

Brent Rowlett Loc: Atlanta, GA

Exactly. If there are no color pixels in the overexposed highlights, there is no software to manufacture them. However with an underexposed image, the color data is there to manipulate, reduce etc. for an image with good detail. Printing presses print a blow out as a white hole-a total disaster and unacceptable.