OpenRAW today began releasing the results of their Summer survey to see who is using RAW, for what, and what those users want to see in an open RAW spec. Today is the first chapter: "Who Responded to the 2006 RAW Survey?". As it turns more than 19,000 people, mostly professional and "dedicated amateur" photographers. 77% of them shoot RAW all or most of the time. Today's results aren't really that interesting, aside from proving the scale of interesting in RAW, but one thing did stick out as iIwas reading: pros and pro-ams are more evenly divided when it comes to cameras than we're normally led to believe. Industry estimates usually have Canon DSLRs outselling Nikon almost two-to-one, but among RAW shooters, at least, the gap is much narrower, with 47% shooting Canon, and 34% shooting Nikon.

The remaining results will be released through the week:

*April 25th, 2006 - Chapter 1: Who responded to the 2006 RAW Survey?

*April 26th, 2006 - Chapter 2: Perceptions of the Advantages and Disadvantages of RAW Imaging Technology

*April 27th, 2006 - Chapter 3: Preferences about RAW Image File Conversion and Editing Software

*April 28th, 2006 - Chapter 4: Experiences, Beliefs, and Preferences Concerning RAW Imaging Technology

*April 29th, 2006 - Chapter 5: Preferences among Camera Features in a Hypothetical Camera Purchase Decision

[via StockPhotoTalk]