The RAW Image Format
Shoot RAW with a Point-and-Shoot Digital Camera? Yes!
By Richard Martin, NYI Contributing Editor ...
RAW Image Format
The most common image format amongst digital cameras is JPEG, it's a format which produces relatively small files from large amounts of image data by discarding certain information, as JPEG uses a "lossy compression algorithm".
RAW image format contains all of the image information from the camera's imaging sensor. Until the file is opened in a RAW converter program there is no tonal range adjustment (levels or curves).
The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly off the CCD, with no in-camera processing is performed.
The part of a CCD image sensor that reads the charges built up during an exposure.
Reconnaissance: ...
Nikon's raw image format format is NEF, for Nikon Electronic File. The "DSCN" prefix for image files stands for "Digital Still Camera - Nikon." ...
RAW - Sometimes called camera raw, raw format, raw image format and raw. A digital image storage format that contains the most information possible from a camera's sensor. RAW data ( a RAW image file) is unprocessed.
In order to read other RAW image formats, you have to install "Adobe DNG Converter" utility (freeware) from Adobe.
You can download this utility from the following link:
DNGConverter_6_2.exe (Windows)
DNGConverter_6_2.dmg (Mac OSX) ...
* Support for all types of photo/RAW image formats. Fast real RAW image decoder displays photos up to pixel level with the ability to use actual camera CCD/CMOS sensor data to find dead pixels.
High-resolution images may saved in BMP, TIFF, or RAW image formats. These are large file type images. High resolution settings vary with each camera. A low resolution setting on one camera is a high resolution setting on another.
Digital Photography Glossary: Q - R
RAW - The RAW image format is the data as it comes directly off the CCD, with no in-camera processing is performed.
Camera manufacturers have generally not been interested in adopting any form of common standard - in fact, RAW image formats frequently vary from model to model from the same manufacturer! ...
Learn how to use all of the camera's exposure modes and exposure controls to get photos that show the scene exactly as it is, or as you want to interpret it. Learn how to display and evaluate histograms and use the high quality RAW image format.
 See also: Image, Image format, Camera, Digital, Format
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