So What Can RAW Do For Me?
If you didn't know, all of my photos are shot with a rather cheap point & shoot camera. A
Canon PowerShot SX100 IS to be precise. By default, this camera only shoots JPG images. But with a little help from
CHDK, you can get it to output RAW images.
I've been using the CHDK firmware for a long time now. First on my Canon PowerShot S1 IS, then after that camera broke, I upgraded my SX100 IS to the CHDK firmware. But I've never really bothered with shooting RAW images, since I had to use a program to convert the CRW RAW files to DNG files, and I had to find a computer with an SD card reader since I couldn't even see the RAW files when I plugged my camera into my computer with the USB cable. But I just upgraded my camera's CHDK firmware and it can transcode the RAW files right into DNG files. So I thought it was about time I get a cheap
SD card reader so I could easily manage the various files on the card, and also get access to the RAW files.
Anyway, long story short: I upgraded my CHDK firmware, and now I'm going to start shooting RAW photos. So the questions is, what actually makes shooting RAW better than shooting JPG? I know I don't have to worry about the white balance, and I get better quality images since it's not going to JPG compression by default, but is there other cool things I should know about? Do I get a better dynamic range? What kinds of things can I do with Photoshop's RAW converter?
So, for you photo buffs, tell me anything I should know about the power of RAW images

I can also help you with any CHDK questions you might have, if you use a PowerShot camera.
Preview: I going to start shooting RAW photos soon. What should I know about it?
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