Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well that's part of the story but is not necessarily significant. The BIG difference is how much information the camera throws away at the outset. You can't get that back. If you want to extract the most information from the M8, DNG is the only choice. That may not be important for some purposes certainly. But remember that Craig's original question was asking about advantages and disadvantages of shooting DNG vs. jpg. Craig has explained that his pro friends use jpg and it suits their purposes fine. No reason to doubt that. It doesn't invalidate the technical differences though.It just says that those aren't a priority for the way they work. Having said that I don't think that the M8 implements jpg especially well compared to the mainstream cameras (which those pros are undoubtedly using). 2009/5/9 Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> > I don't think you lose anything until you save. > > That's when it compresses and throws away some tones. > > ric > > > > > > On May 8, 2009, at 12:16 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > > The main problem with jpeg's as I understand it, is that every time you >> open a file you degrade the file, so you loose information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman