Eric, Like Godfrey put in greater detail, DNG's are RAW files, with a bit of standardization applies across camera makers. As it is a standardized format, most everyone's software can read it.
As for DNG (Digital NeGatives) vs DGN please excuse my errors. I have 3 children and 10 years of PTA, high school sports, Band, etc. at Downers Grove North High School (DGN). No matter how hard I try, DGN slips out instead of DNG. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2010, at 5:29 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Regarding converting to DNG, I will now expose my naiveté by [1] admitting >>> that, again for the time-being, I am shooting jpeg, [2] asking what's the >>> advantage of DNG. >> >> Think of it like having a print (jpg) versus a negative (DGN) to create a >> print. >> The jpg's are smaller files rendered from the original in camera digital >> info. >> The DGN's are bigger files and retain more detail that can be brought out in >> software like Lightroom. >> >> 5 years ago when digital was new, one of our UK PDML'ers made a discovery. >> He was shooting jpg's exclusively and tried some RAW (DGN) shots. >> He posted side by side comparison shots and the detail in the white areas >> (black areas) was just plain better in the DGN shots. >> More of the original image was maintained. >> More could be brought out in difficult lighting situations. >> That was enough for me, I stopped using jpg's and switched to DGN's > > Thanks, Bob. I know that subject heading broadcasts my utter ignorance to the > world, but the original one was clearly no longer appropriate. > > So RAW and DGN are the same thing? > > I figured that at some point down the road I'd switch to RAW, but am deterred > for now by concerns about memory and storage and, most important, the fact > that my understanding of processing and editing is more limited -- > "non-existent" would be more appropriate -- than even my understanding of > file management in LR. Better to leave the processing to the camera for now, > I think. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
