I find (255,255,255) much easier to accomplish than (0,0,0)!... Some how this post got hijacked by 8 bit numbers ;^).

My original point is that if I shot that shot JPG, it would have a lot more (255,255,255) AND (0,0,0) in it. Shooting RAW allowed me to recover highlights and shadows that would have otherwise been lost.

This was just supposed to be a simple an anecdote for the JPG vs. RAW question that pops up from time to time here....

Cheers,
Tim