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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RJM" data-source="post: 1435067" data-attributes="member: 66340">Your money, your decision, Jim. The price difference in Tokyo is only $100 so the additional features for $470 total were worth it for us. BTW, I think we get ~400 non-flash shots out of a set of the rechargeable Sanyo Eneloops and an 12-pack is only $15. Playing with the RAW today, there are some compromises. All digital zoom modes are disabled and the continuous shooting speed falls off with 7 shots pausing filling the buffer. Difficult to follow any flying birds. Given how good the camera JPEG is, not sure if RAW is worth the compromises. Upside of RAW is if you make a mistake with exposure, white balance, and color, etc. you fix it in software without compromising image quality. The camera can also record RAW + Large Fine JPEG. The Canon Digital Photo Professional software needed to edit the new RAW format seems to be decent with lots of control. Also need to upgrade ZoomBrowser EX to v6.3.1 for it to decode the new RAW files. All for now,Rick</blockquote>