[Leica] Reuters bans RAW

[Mark Rabiner]

Reuters bans submission of RAW photos: ³Our photos must reflect reality.²
>http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/11/reuters-bans-submission-of-raw-photos-o
ur-photos-must-reflect-reality/

Sick sick dumb. Dumb dumb sick.



On 11/19/15 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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