How Do You Understand RAW Camera Format?
Do you have a digital camera that has the option of RAW format? What is it and why shoot RAW instead of JPG? This article will explain in good detail. What is RAW? RAW format was created so that all the pixels on a digital sensor are read and stored without (or with very little) manipulation from the internal software of the camera. Simply put, the RAW image contains all the information the sensor picks up so you have the power to make the changes you want with the best image quality possible. Almost all cameras offer the JPG option. If you just want snapshots without worrying about image quality, then this format is just fine. But for those of us who want to get the highest quality image, but must manipulate the image, RAW is our friend. JPG images are inferior in two ways; one, they have a limited “color space”. In other words, the number of colors is severely reduced to make the image file compact. Second, the JPG file is inherently compressed, thus reducing the image information fu
