[Leica] Reuters bans RAW

[Tina Manley]

I think most of their shooters already use jpeg only just for speed.  Some
take both RAW and jpeg - the jpeg to submit and the RAW to work on later
for themselves.  Makes sense, but I would never shoot jpeg only.

Tina

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com>
wrote:

> <
>
> http://petapixel.com/2015/11/18/reuters-issues-a-worldwide-ban-on-raw-photos/#more-191527
> >
>
> 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
>
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