#jpegvsraw

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JPEG vs. RAW: Choosing the Right Format for Your Photography

  When it comes to digital photography, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is whether to shoot in  JPEG   or   RAW . Each forma

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Jpeg V.S Raw

Jpeg: A file format that is processed right inside the camera that vary from each camera model. Jpeg's are readable by any image program on the market or available open source, has exactly 8-bits of colour (12-bits per location) is compressed (by looking for redundancy in the data like ZIP file or stripping out what human can’t perceive like a MP3). Jpegs are also small in file size an 8 megapixel camera will produce JPEG between 1 and 3 MB’s in size. Jpeg formats can be saved in any image program from the pre-installed paint program in virtually every home computer to more advanced Adobe photoshop and other photo editing programs.

RAW: is a file format that captures all image data recorded by the sensor when you take a photo. When shooting in a format like JPEG image information is compressed and lost. at least 8 bits per colour – red, green, and blue (12-bits per X,Y location), though most DSLRs record 12-bit colour (36-bits per location). Uncompressed a raw file is much bigger, an 8 megapixel camera will produce a 8 MB Raw file in size. Because no information is compressed with RAW you’re able to produce higher quality images, as well as correct problem images that would be unrecoverable if shot in the JPEG format.  

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JPEG Vs. RAW

JPEG files are known as 8 bit files, so that means it has 2 to the power of 8. That equals 256. Now RAW files are 2 to the power of 12 which equals to 4,096. That means when you shoot RAW your going to have more brightness levels.

More benefits of RAW would be Exposure Insurance, Perfect white balance, always having the best quality file, fast image editing, and finally you can not break them they are non-destructible, this means you can change them a million times and still be able to go back to the original photo.

Learning all this changes my world in a way. I for now on am going to definitely shoot RAW all the time! What about you?!