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Re: [OM] No E-System pro camera until 2010 ;(

Subject: Re: [OM] No E-System pro camera until 2010 ;(
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:27:12 -0400
"unsourced acronyms"?  Those must be UAs, right?  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


Ken Norton wrote:
> Raw Wilcox wrote:
> 
>> Seriously, I think it didn't seem like a serious term in the first
>> phases.  All caps made it seem technical rather than slang.  Just a
>> guess.
>>
> 
> 
> A quick look over the Internet revealed an almost equal reference to RAW,
> Raw and raw. It seems to make a difference whether or not it is used as an
> adjective or as an object within the sentence.
> 
> For example:  "The camera was set to save in a raw file format."  The word
> "raw" is an adjective.
> 
> But sometimes it can be used as a technical setting:  "The camera's quality
> setting was set to RAW".
> 
> A hybrid version of this is: "The camera was set to save Raw Files".  "Raw
> Files" denotes a specific type of file you are looking for when you are
> downloading them from the camera into your computer.
> 
> Personally, I prefer RAW, because it is an unsourced acronym that places it
> on equal footing within the written sentence as JPEG and TIFF which reduces
> confusion. When writing about raw files in the generic sense, I may use
> "raw", but when I write about specific raw files I'll use "RAW".  Example:
> "I have my E-1 set to save both RAW and JPEG."
> 
> I have no problem with unsourced acronyms. They happen, just as recursive
> acronyms happen.
> 
> AG (or is it ag?) Schnozz
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