I keep hearing the comment that shooting and loading up photos in a raw file is the way to go. When I upload my photos, they are automatically put in jpeg form.
2006-12-26 17:20:27 · 4 answers · asked by from my mind 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
For most casual snap-shooters RAW is not necessary. Many Pros also only shoot JPEG. RAW requires additional work and software to process them. If you have any doubts about whether an important shot will have the correct white balance or exposure range RAW gives you more data to work with to pull out details that may be lost using "in camera" processing. If you get everything right in camera RAW is unnecessary, Pros who know their tools inside out are often comfortable shooting JPEG, only when they have some doubts will they switch to RAW.
RAW files are also quite a bit larger that JPEGS and memory card and hard drive capacity enters into the equation.. RAW files contain all the data the sensor captured with no loss of data "digital negative" as pointed out previously is a good analogy. JPEG lose data each time they are edited and saved. It's a cumulative process that gradually eats away detail.
Not all cameras can produce RAW files. Check your manual.
2006-12-26 22:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your photographs are in jpeg form because that is how you shoot them. You don't say whether your camera shots RAW - if it does, you will need to switch to that file format. The advantage of RAW is that you have a digital 'negative' which you can adjust as much as you like, but the original will not be affected. You will also need RAW conversion software, but you should have that IF your camera supports the format, as some kind of software would have been supplied with the camera.
2006-12-27 05:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the RAW file is very good for posters, big size of picture. . The jpeg loosing from the quality , the RAW never. Before some day was anybody he explane so professional the question
2006-12-27 01:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by ytamarsiani40 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
RAW files are uncompressed and unprocessed. This is useful if you have sofware that is better that what's available on your camera. Only advanced cameras can output RAW files
JPEG is one of the file compression standards; MPEG is the other one - usually used in video.
2006-12-27 01:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by bata4689 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋