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RAW - Whats the point?

Posted May 17th, 2008 by blakehome

I would like some advice. I shoot an A200 and I've got the 18~70 kit lens, a 70~300 macro Tamron, and a minolta 50mm 1.7. I do almost no software editing other than cropping. This morning I shot a dozen or so shot with the JPEG+RAW and thought I would compare the files. Other the 3 times the file size and some slight color and contrast adjustments, I see no differance. I use a mac 10.5 wth the standard IPhoto.

I'm pretty much a newbie to DSLR with a fair amount of film history. Can someone provide some insite on why I need to spent ~300 buck on photoshop? I strive to shoot the shot right through the camera and always adjust settings while I'm shooting to later compare. It must come from my film background (and not developing my own film).

Any advance, points of view, and/or comments would be great.

Thanks again,
Zach

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