Raw vs. Jpeg
by Smoothe271
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Jul 27, 2006 at 10:28:20 pm
Is it best to keep the Raw or Jpeg file. I find that I'm using a lot of disk space with the raw pics. I shoot with a Canon EOS 20D. Should I just keep the Jpegs?
Re: Raw vs. Jpeg by maxrez on Jul 28, 2006 at 6:45:03 pm
Smoothe,
Absolutely keep the RAW. It is the essential information of an image without compression. A jpeg has compression and does not share the amount of info a RAW image has. Look into archiving your images to a RAID or at least out to a couple of DVDs. Hope this helps.
Steve
Re: Raw vs. Jpeg by Amish Ed on Aug 2, 2006 at 4:52:38 pm
Definitely the RAW. You can always make a jpeg from a RAW image, but not the other way around. Besides, memory cards and storage are so cheap these days there's really no excuse. Yeah, a RAW take a bit more time to process, but you always have that digital negative.
Amish Ed
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Re: Raw vs. Jpeg by edmo on Nov 28, 2006 at 8:21:14 pm
very important if you want to re-edit your pics and change exposure settings brightness contrast,re white balance. Get a dedicated firewire drive for this or DVD backup.
