[Leica] Reuters bans RAW

[chris williams]

AP and Reuters shooters I know are not complaining. 

Chris Williams
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> On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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