On Nov 23, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > A DNG file is indeed a native raw file written to a publicly disclosed > standard. There are many advantages to the Digital Negative standard, > most of which are small in practical significance at the present time > but have a great deal of future value. The primary benefit for the > present is that for some native raw file formats, DNG represents a > significant savings in disk space as it includes lossless compression > of the sensor data. Also, if you are using Adobe tools (Camera Raw or > Lightroom) to work with raw files, DNG files can contain additional > data such as your processing settings, appended metadata, etc, where > native raw files are considered as read-only so this sort of data must > be stored elsewhere (usually in file-name matching .XMP files or > embedded in the image processing engine's database, etc.).
Thanks again, Godfrey. Very clear. Given my practically non-existent processing skills, it's probably wise for me to stick with jpeg for the moment? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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.
