Archive for September, 2008
What is Camera RAW?
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008What is Camera RAW?
When you press the shutter button on your digital camera, the image is exposed on a chip in your digital camera called a sensor. Color is typically captured on your sensor in 12 bits of color per color channel. All of this information is captured into an area of working memory in [...]
Always Shoot in the RAW!
Saturday, September 20th, 2008The RAW mode that is. If your camera has a RAW shooting mode, then you almost always shoot in the RAW mode. Why?
Color Reproduction
Sharpness and Detail
Resolution
Since a few pictures are worth at least a few thousand words, take a look at this page and see what you’re missing if you are still shooting in JPEG.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond300/page17.asp
