[Leica] Reuters bans RAW

[Peter Klein]

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I thought this was a hoax, but evidently not. It sounds like this decision
was made by an executive type with no technical knowledge of photography. I
guess dodging and burning are now the enemy of truth.  But if photographers
are still allowed to crop and adjust levels, how is it going to stop
dishonest photoshopping? Is Reuters going to only allow the use of cameras
that generate JPG checksums, with all cropping and levels editing done in
camera?

Prepare for a lot of badly-exposed backlit, side-lit and
sunlight-with-black-shadows pictures, I guess.

--Peter