Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]RAW is the sensor capture uprocessed, JPG is a lossy processed format, TIFF is a processed format which is not lossy. Cheers Jayanand Harrison McClary wrote: > Walt Johnson wrote: > >> Harrison >> >> I guess what I'm trying to come to is the difference in the new >> digital formats produced by the cameras. I've always assumed raw was >> the same as tiff in terms of file info. If I have to edit something >> I'll reopen the original tiff and then save to jpg. Actually, a lot >> of the time I'll save the original tiff, edit and save the edited >> tiff and go from their. Maybe I'll just stock up on HP5 and Tri-X >> while still available. There are times when anachronisms can be in >> demand. :-) . > > > RAW as far as I understand it is all information from the shot. JPG > is that information after it is processed by the camera. I guess RAW > is kind of like a TIFF from a scan. > > I'm telling you Walt, you gotta try Neopan 400 and HC110 or D76, it is > really nice B&W. :) >