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Digital Photography 1 on 1

By Mark Wallace

November 8, 2010

This week Mark Wallace explains the difference between RAW and JPEG. There's no right or wrong answer to the question "should I shoot RAW or JPEG?" but Mark will help explain the advantages of each format.

Using easy-to-understand language, Mark explains what happens when your camera shoots in RAW and in JPEG modes, and how each affects the image and your ability to work with it in post production.

RAW vs JPEG—AdoramaTV

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Great explanation.

by CWBY in Neptune, NJ on February 18, 2013

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Great!

very informative! thank you

by My in Asia on February 27, 2012

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Thanks

Didn't answer all of my questions but cleared a lot of confusion up for me.

by Lou in Philadelphia, Pa. on February 16, 2012

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Helped me!

I found this presentation very informative. Thank you.

by Fiona in Australia on February 5, 2012

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how about raw vs dng

i'm not sure if mark did an episode on the other popular format dng, i may have saw it elsewhere, but if you haven't i'd like to see what mark's take on it.

by Gus in Long Beach on August 17, 2011

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Why the confusion?

All he is saying is he has taken the photos in B&W. jpeg will always BE B&W. If you don't like the way it turned out the RAW file of the picture was saved in color so you can make changes the way you want to. That is why alot of photographers take only RAW images. Why waste the space with a jpeg file.

by Zero in South Dakota on August 11, 2011

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Why the confusion?

by Zero in South Dakota on August 11, 2011

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Color raw vs B/W JPEG

Why would you compare color to black and white when you are trying to show how they are different !! You just mixed me up more ! Do I shoot color in Raw and B/W in JPEG ?

by JJbigjim in James In, Michigan on August 10, 2011

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Apples and oranges

I'll add my voice to those who said it would have been MUCH more helpful to compare with a color jpeg.

by AlanB in Orange County, CA on February 16, 2011

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Muy pedagógico: esclarecedor y útil

Me gustó mucho el símil de hornear una torta para explicar la reversibilidad del formato RAW. Hubiera sido aún mejor si hubiera tomado la segunda fotografía (el lago en Central Park) a color, tanto en formato RAW como en JPEG. Saludos y Felicidades

by Edgar in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia on December 1, 2010

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