Cameras, including phones, shoot JPEGs by default, but this compressed format saves a fraction of the data your camera’s sensor is capable of recording. The alternative is to shoot in RAW, a filetype ...

If you want to get the most out of a camera, one discussion you'll come across sooner or later is whether to shoot in RAW or JPEG. Here we'll look at what that actually means, the benefits that can be ...

At some point in everyone’s photographic journey, most people will ask: what is a RAW file? In my early days as a novice photographer I was easily frustrated by common mistakes, like the wrong white ...

RAW or JPEG? JPEG or RAW? Too. Many. Decisions. Fortunately, a new Canon patent suggests technology that could make that choice for you. Discovered by Egami, the patent explains a feature for DSLRs ...

When I decided to jump from point-and-shoot digital cameras to something more capable, I was faced with a new choice: should I capture images in RAW or JPEG format? Until that point, all my cameras ...

I always shoot raw. For me, the advantages of shooting raw image files have long outweighed any of the issues sometimes associated with working with the file type, like limited storage. But even if ...

Adam Z. Lein has been a tech journalist at Pocketnow since 2002. He's also been a photographer since 1995 and a web developer & graphic designer since 1997 while working on the DEC intranet. He's also ...