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About RAW images in photography?

I see that most stock sites, etc., request RAW images, only. I am a novice at this but I'm going to be getting an SLR and I want the *possibility* of maybe submitting images in the future if I have any beginner's luck on my trip to Egypt and Turkey in the fall.

If you shoot RAW and JPEG simultaneously, what happens? Can you just download the JPEGS and save the RAW files or do you have to have software to 'convert' RAW files in order to see and send them? And what is this software?

I know, I'm ignorant, but I appreciate any answers! :)
So let's say you use the software that comes with the camera (I'm going to get a Pentax K-x) what happens when you attempt to upload all the pictures. Do the JPEGS get saved in one file and the RAW to another (if you took both type on the same memory card)?
I may not distribute the photo immediately, but I may never get another chance to take photos in Egypt and Turkey again, and I know that you can't turn a JPEG into a RAW file.

Firstly, I think you will find that most stock sites DO NOT request RAW files. They require hi-res Tiff or Jpeg files in the main.

If you shoot Raw and Jpeg then when you download to your pc you will get two separate files
12345.jpg and 12345.raw (the extension will be dependent on the camera maker Nikon for instance are .nef files.)

The RAW file is the "unprocessed" file and contains all the image information and to make this into a "usable" file you need to convert it. When you do adjustments to a raw file there will be another small file made which is a .xmp file and this contains the information of any changes you made to the raw file. The RAW file itself remains unchanged.

In effect, the RAW file is the digital negative. you can make as many copies of this file in different formats that you want and you are not affecting the actual raw file.

The .jpg file which you took at the same time is already "processed" by the camera dependent on the settings you had set on the camera at the time. if you make changes to that file then you lose the original (unless you make a copy) and also making changes to and saving a jpg file reduces the overall quality. Another reason to only ever make changes on a copy.

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