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Originally Posted by nostatic
Actually different cameras RAW files have different amounts of manipulation done to them. While in general a RAW file is "all the data", sometimes there is noise reduction and other math applied to the files.
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Really? I thought RAW was, well, raw. As in the raw sensor data, regardless of the brand and/or proprietary extension (Canon's .CRW, Nikon's .NEF, etc.). Are you maybe thinking of TIFF's? This is how I understand it:
RAW = uncompressed & un "developed"
(can only be saved as tiff, jpg, etc.)
TIFF = uncompressed & "developed"
(viewable right out of the camera, but huge file size/long write times. Fairly useless IMO)
JPG = compressed & "developed"
(most decent cameras allow you to choose the level of compression)