In theory, a converted DNG is "better" than a TIFF in the sense that it has
not been demosaiced, so some important steps regarding color sensitivity
and resolution of the sensor have not yet "interpreted" by the particular
conversor used. However, according to [1], some irreversible steps are
* Terry Pinfold [01-27-21 17:00]:
> DNG files can be treated like a RAW file. Some cameras, like Pentax even
> offer it as a RAW file format instead of PEF. Therefore much better than
> Tiff file. Especially with adjustments such as white balance. Of course
> when we can do CR3 files in darktable
DNG files can be treated like a RAW file. Some cameras, like Pentax even
offer it as a RAW file format instead of PEF. Therefore much better than
Tiff file. Especially with adjustments such as white balance. Of course
when we can do CR3 files in darktable that would be better than Tiff or
DNG.
What is this fascination with DNG files? Isn’t TIFF better?
On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 2:09 PM Martin Straeten
wrote:
>
> No need to file an issue ... known since first upcoming of cr3.
> darktable doesn‘t support cr3 since the basic exiv2 library doesn’t support
> cr3 yet due to legal
