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Originally Posted by Erakad
Dave.....please explain. I just bought a new camera too (Pentax K-x) and am working through the "technical terms".
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Each manufacturer has its own extension for RAW - Nikon .NEF - Pentax .PEF - Canon .CRW....
In short, RAW just captures the image as is and writes the image to a file. The camera does not alter the image before it creates the file. The files are larger and take longer to write, but gives the photographer ultimate control over the file in post processing.
A bit more info than you probably want, but the first few paragraphs are easy to digest.
Raw image format - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hope this helps. It's early and I just seem to be staring...