Doug, thanks for that link. it's a good article! and funny about that "toilet humor!" that was great! i've just heard so many people talk about shooting in RAW, and just didn't get what the fuss was all about. i couldn't see the advantages. Since i don't like to twiddle, RAW is definitely not for me. I was, however, under the impression that the quality of JPEG images were not as good as TIFF. what do you and the rest of ya'all think about the quality of JPEG images vs. TIFF or RAW? Interesting that JPEGs look better printed. randy, i was reading this article earlier today and saw where they were talking about how you can adjust the white balance & exposure on RAW images. Click Here! i guess what i need to do is do some experimenting...take the same picture twice...once in JPEG and once in TIFF...then see if can notice any differences in quality.