i have to dispute the claim that RAW requires more processing, it might take more time to write to the memory storage device and thus slow down shooting. as i understand it the actual processing of the image happens at the computer level with RAW whereas JPEG has to do in camera compression. most cameras shoot straight pixel data on the sensor and then have to convert that to JPEG, whereas a RAW image just writes the 1-to-1 pixel data and camera settings to the card offloading the processing to your computer the JPEG workflow surely has to take more processing power.
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i have to dispute the claim that RAW requires more processing, it might take more time to write to the memory storage device and thus slow down shooting. as i understand it the actual processing of the image happens at the computer level with RAW whereas JPEG has to do in camera compression. most cameras shoot straight pixel data on the sensor and then have to convert that to JPEG, whereas a RAW image just writes the 1-to-1 pixel data and camera settings to the card offloading the processing to your computer the JPEG workflow surely has to take more processing power.