Robert wrote:
The raw format is a format just as jpg or any other format. The only difference is that it is a format for which you cannot get/buy the specs easily. The raw format has tags to store meta data as do other formats. Canon's raw format uses (lossless) compression as most other formats use lossless/lossy compression, too. Canon's raw format lacks some information compared to other formats and it has some information that other formats lack. But that is the same if you compare jpg and bmp or any other format. Jpg, psd, etc also have to be decoded in order to be displayed just as the raw format has to be decoded, only that with the raw format you have to add the missing color information.
Purely out of interest, does anyone know what changed from Canon's CRW format and the CR2 format used for the 1D Mk II and 20D. Apart from Canon, of course.
If Canon felt the need to update their format already, how will Adobe's new DNG format fare. Surely whenever Canon, or Nikon, or anybody else wants to add extra features, then DNG won't deliver.
Cheers
Keith
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