News Score: Score the News, Sort the News, Rewrite the Headlines

The real reason RAW camera formats are all different and confusing

When you set up a new camera, or even go to take a picture on some smartphones, you’re presented with a key choice: JPG or RAW?JPGs are ready to post just about anywhere, while RAWs yield an unfinished file filled with extra data that allows for much richer post-processing. That option for a RAW file (and even the generic name, RAW) has been standardized across the camera industry — but despite that, the camera world has never actually settled on one standardized RAW format.Most cameras capture ...

Read more at theverge.com

© News Score  score the news, sort the news, rewrite the headlines