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Old 05-10-2013, 20:28   #5154
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Today in pictures

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Originally Posted by davemac View Post
I think it gives a better understanding of whats happening in the camera if you give RAW a go. I tried it myself for a while, RAW means the camera captures what it sees without any compression or conversion, this gives you the scope to edit better, you then have to convert it to JPEG for programs to see it. However if you shoot in JPEG format, the camera software when you take a picture, looses data at the dark end and light end to reduce the size of the picture, it then converts it to JPEG format internally. I have simplified the explanation so I didn't confuse myself.
I read it and understand it when I am reading it, but somewhere along the way I forget it..... if someone asks me what it is I would have to look it up.

My Lumix G camera will shoot RAW pics, but I have to hold my hand up and say that I have stuck to JPEG, purely because it is what I know...even though I have programs which will convert RAW data...I haven't used it.
Shame on me!
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