Discover the differences between proprietary RAW files (CR2, CR3, NEF) and Adobe''s Digital Negative (DNG) format. Learn how ...

When I decided to jump from point-and-shoot digital cameras to something more capable, I was faced with a new choice: should I capture images in RAW or JPEG format? Until that point, all my cameras ...

Different camera manufacturers, such as Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, etc., use different RAW image file formats. The Verge, an overseas media outlet, has published the results of asking each camera ...

Q: What exactly is the RAW option in my camera good for? I don’t really see any difference when I’m shooting in it. A: Unless you’re still using a really old digital camera, virtually everything that ...

Cameras, including phones, shoot JPEGs by default, but this compressed format saves a fraction of the data your camera’s sensor is capable of recording. The alternative is to shoot in RAW, a filetype ...

If you want to get the most out of a camera, one discussion you'll come across sooner or later is whether to shoot in RAW or JPEG. Here we'll look at what that actually means, the benefits that can be ...

The RAW photo format has been around for a long time, but perhaps you have never heard of it. Since at least the early 2000’s, professional photographers have used it as a way to get the highest level ...

Q: What exactly is the RAW option in my camera good for? I don’t really see any difference when I’m shooting in it. A: Unless you’re still using a really old digital camera, virtually everything that ...

Replay: Phil Rhodes takes a look at the complexities involved in bringing such a unified raw codec to fruition. Options to store raw video in a standardised format is something that's long overdue.

The DNG format provides a standard that not only Adobe but other graphics programs increasingly support, and DNG files are typically smaller than other RAW formats. DNG also supports a lossless ...

I got to wondering today, if there was any image format, maybe binary black/white, or greyscale, or even color, that is just raw pixels, with no metadata. Even BMP, while it has pretty minimal ...