Originally posted by osv perhaps the example that Heavenly Creation posted will help you understand the differences between jpeg and raw.
Sweetie, I do understand the difference. I shoot raw.
I was
trying to tell you, that while colour bit-depth might be the criterion that determines "superiority" for one person (a person who likes to post-process, for instance),
to another person (for instance a person who does not wish to spend his time post-processing)
immediate appearance of the camera output is a very valid criterion of "superiority". To
such a person, your definition of "superiority", even if it rests on ifallible wikipedia documentation, might not be the
best definition (as in "most useful definition"). To such a person, JPG might be more useful than RAW.
While you might find such people suffering from an inexcusable "lack of knowledge", they can actually be quite brilliant photographers. Or just people having loads of fun with their camera. AND they might still be entitled to advice - which was all I tried to give.
Not tech advice, but general advice. Friendly, unpatronizing advice.
...I can see that is not quite where I am at right now, so I don't really feel a need to continue this - I hope you agree.