Literally using DNG as a container for the TIFF data, you retain the benefits of DNG WRT user edits but of course it can't strictly be developed like a RAW Bayer mosaic file.
On 16 March 2014 11:30, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: >> You can never return an RGB format to mosaiced raw data, but you can >> encapsulate it in DNG. > > > Not sure what you mean by 'encapsulate it in DNG'. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <godd...@me.com> > Subject: Re: Keep the PEFs? > > > >> A sad misunderstanding from the early days of digital. TIFF in camera is >> an 8bit RGB format and essentially no better than JPEG except for the lack >> of compression losses. >> >> You can never return an RGB format to mosaiced raw data, but you can >> encapsulate it in DNG. It does benefit from some standardization, but little >> else. >> >> Godfrey >> >>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:18 AM, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> Herb Keppler (I think it was him) did a review of the *ist-D and he said >>> that since the camera offered TIFF as one of the image formats, that was >>> the way to go because the TIFF standard was likely to be around for a >>> long time and the various camera RAW formats probably not so much. >>> >>> I don't know if you can convert them, but I think the DNG file will >>> encapsulate them. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
