With so many photography courses out there saying that to be a good photographer, it is all about what you know and how you use it, and not so much about what gear you have (though good lenses, among other things, help remarkably, too). And they say that anyone can make great photographs with most any camera.

I noticed when I recently went out to purchase a new point-and-shoot camera, to get into the learning part of photography, I noticed that almost nobody (if any manufacturer at all) sells a point-and-shoot capable of shooting RAW with JPEG. They all do JPEG only. Yet all cameras shoot RAW (of course), and then (if necessary to make a JPEG) condense it down to form the JPEG. Does this not seem so strange?

I finally went out and bought a DSLR to have the capability to shoot RAW, if I choose (no discussion here on RAW vs JPEG here, please), so I can enjoy those benefits, as well. I am trying finally to learn photography more fully, rather than just snapshots, as I used to always do.

Am I being ridiculous, or might it be beneficial to have a point-and-shoot that can shoot RAW that can be readily available?

(FYI - I have a Canon PowerShot SX720 HS (with 40x zoom) for my point-and-shoot, and a Canon EOS Rebel T7i for my DSLR. The first digital camera I ever had was a Canon, and liked it enough to stay with it.)

With so many photography courses out there saying that to be a good photographer, it is all about what you know and how you use it, and not so much about what gear you have (though good lenses, among other things, help remarkably, too). And they say that anyone can make great photographs with most any camera.

I noticed when I recently went out to purchase a new point-and-shoot camera, to get into the learning part of photography, I noticed that almost nobody (if any manufacturer at all) sells a point-and-shoot capable of shooting RAW with JPEG. They all do JPEG only. Yet all cameras shoot RAW (of course), and then (if necessary to make a JPEG) condense it down to form the JPEG. Does this not seem so strange?

I finally went out and bought a DSLR to have the capability to shoot RAW, if I choose (no discussion here on RAW vs JPEG here, please), so I can enjoy those benefits, as well. I am trying finally to learn photography more fully, rather than just snapshots, as I used to always do.

Am I being ridiculous, or might it be beneficial to have a point-and-shoot that can shoot RAW that can be readily available?

(FYI - I have a Canon PowerShot SX720 HS (with 40x zoom) for my point-and-shoot, and a Canon EOS Rebel T7i for my DSLR. The first digital camera I ever had was a Canon, and liked it enough to stay with it.)

With so many photography courses out there saying that to be a good photographer, it is all about what you know and how you use it, and not so much about what gear you have (though good lenses, among other things, help remarkably, too). And they say that anyone can make great photographs with most any camera.

I noticed when I recently went out to purchase a new point-and-shoot camera, to get into the learning part of photography, I noticed that almost nobody (if any manufacturer at all) sells a point-and-shoot capable of shooting RAW with JPEG. They all do JPEG only. Yet all cameras shoot RAW (of course), and then (if necessary to make a JPEG) condense it down to form the JPEG. Does this not seem so strange?

I finally went out and bought a DSLR to have the capability to shoot RAW, if I choose (no discussion here on RAW vs JPEG here, please), so I can enjoy those benefits, as well. I am trying finally to learn photography more fully, rather than just snapshots, as I used to always do.

Am I being ridiculous, or might it be beneficial to have a point-and-shoot that can shoot RAW that can be readily available?

(FYI - I have a Canon PowerShot SX720 HS (with 40x zoom) for my point-and-shoot, and a Canon EOS Rebel T7i for my DSLR. The first digital camera I ever had was a Canon, and liked it enough to stay with it.)

With so many photography courses out there saying that to be a good photographer, it is all about what you know and how you use it, and not so much about what gear you have (though good lenses, among other things, help remarkably, too). And they say that anyone can make great photographs with most any camera.

I noticed when I recently went out to purchase a new point-and-shoot camera, to get into the learning part of photography, I noticed that almost nobody (if any manufacturer at all) sells a point-and-shoot capable of shooting RAW with JPEG. They all do JPEG only. Yet all cameras shoot RAW (of course), and then (if necessary to make a JPEG) condense it down to form the JPEG. Does this not seem so strange?

I finally went out and bought a DSLR to have the capability to shoot RAW, if I choose (no discussion here on RAW vs JPEG here, please), so I can enjoy those benefits, as well. I am trying finally to learn photography more fully, rather than just snapshots, as I used to always do.

Am I being ridiculous, or might it be beneficial to have a point-and-shoot that can shoot RAW that can be readily available?

(FYI - I have a Canon PowerShot SX720 HS (with 40x zoom) for my point-and-shoot, and a Canon EOS Rebel T7i for my DSLR. The first digital camera I ever had was a Canon, and liked it enough to stay with it.)

With so many photography courses out there saying that to be a good photographer, it is all about what you know and how you use it, and not so much about what gear you have (though good lenses, among other things, help remarkably, too). And they say that anyone can make great photographs with most any camera.

I noticed when I recently went out to purchase a new point-and-shoot camera, to get into the learning part of photography, I noticed that almost nobody (if any manufacturer at all) sells a point-and-shoot capable of shooting RAW with JPEG. They all do JPEG only. Yet all cameras shoot RAW (of course), and then (if necessary to make a JPEG) condense it down to form the JPEG. Does this not seem so strange?

I finally went out and bought a DSLR to have the capability to shoot RAW, if I choose (no discussion here on RAW vs JPEG here, please), so I can enjoy those benefits, as well. I am trying finally to learn photography more fully, rather than just snapshots, as I used to always do.

Am I being ridiculous, or might it be beneficial to have a point-and-shoot that can shoot RAW that can be readily available?

(FYI - I have a Canon PowerShot SX720 HS (with 40x zoom) for my point-and-shoot, and a Canon EOS Rebel T7i for my DSLR. The first digital camera I ever had was a Canon, and liked it enough to stay with it.)