My cam is capable of recording in TIFF...but not RAW. I am not jealous though. What's RAW? It is not a standard file format...it is specialized and used by the advanced post work people for fine tuning(i've heard that many actuall like jpgs)...All this sounds cool...I know this much. I think I remember reading that RAW is the way to go if you are going to print something, but maybe I am incorrect. RAW is big in file size, but so is TIFF (but I assume not as big as RAW), and w/RAW You can adjust the white balance and other stuff after the fact w/significantly less banding and other digital defects like is common w/jpg after the fact postwork(in case you didn't get it right when you shot the photo). I don't know why this is the case...maybe because RAW if cool. Also I heard RAW is less noisy...esp. at higher speeds. Also I have heard that post work is almost always necessary with RAW images since the camera's processor doesn't help with this kind of thing as it does w/jpgs and TIFF. I know very little about RAW...only what I've read about it in bits and pieces. I think the name RAW sounds pretty cool. -Peace :-)