Understanding Raw Files
Does your digital camera offer a RAW file format, but you have no idea what it does or what advantages it offers? Take a look at Michael Reichmann’s latest article on the Luminous Landscape website, which explains what a RAW file is and the pros and cons.
“Something to consider is that every digital camera is indeed always shooting in raw mode. But, if we choose to save the file as a JPG we are committing to the raw conversion program that is built into the camera. If we allow the file to be saved in raw format though we have the opportunity to do the conversion on a more sophisticated platform, and to do so again and again if there’s any benefit to this in future. In other words, the decision is ? do you want to do the raw file conversion now in the camera, or later on your computer?”