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> But the data never exists as a whole in the first place in cheap cameras.

Actually it does exist, at least in Canon cameras. There's even a hack to 
get the RAW data instead of the JPEG.
http://www.oyonale.com/blog/2008/03/hacking-cheap-canon-camera.html

>Also they would need to include some RAW conversion software with the 
>camera, which needs writing.

I guess that Canon wrote RAW converters for its SLR models. Also, they 
bundle a mountainload of crappy, useless "utilities" with the camera anyway, 
so it's not like they're lacking developers. Really, this is a case study of 
hardware being deliberately crippled through software for marketing reasons.

G.

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