39. SHOOTING RAW
THE TERM RAW is not an acronym. It simply means the raw information from the sensor has been recorded into a format that can be read by software. In theory, this is the pure information acquired by the sensor and nothing more, but in fact, there is a small bit of processing necessary to organize the information into a recordable format. Some companies use this opportunity to “fix” problems that may be inherent to the lens or sensor. Generally these tweaks to the raw information are very minimal. The basic RAW file is as good as it’s going to get for most of us.
The RAW file doesn’t have any adjustments made to the color, saturation, ...
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