Not much excepting that you gain file type uniformity, maybe a little reduction in size and that the there is no need for sidecar files post edit.
On 16 March 2014 11:43, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > What advantage is there in encapsulating a Tiff in DNG? > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <distudio.p...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: Keep the PEFs? > > >> 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.
