The supplied image processing software, "SIGMA Photo Pro", converts RAW data quickly and easily.

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When the image is processed in SIGMA Photo Pro, it will preserve the balance of the natural data for the best photos with the best image quality.

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We also got to take a peek at some hot-off-the-press Pebbles in their final finishes -- the black, gray, orange, red and white wearables posed for a point-and-shoot, so they don't pack the typical punch of a pro photo job.

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To make brilliant photography easy, the new WB cameras also incorporate features such as Best Face, which automatically selects the best facial expressions from a burst shot to create group photos where everyone looks their best, as well as SMART Mode and Motion Photo features, allowing users to achieve pro-standard quality and creativity under any condition.

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But this is no partisan screed, any more than a Brady photo of bodies on the Antietam battlefield was pro-Union or pro-Confederacy.

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