Full Version: Is this my imagination?
Am I imagining it, or do raw files capture more light than Jpegs? It seems like they don't look as underexposed or something (at the same settings)...maybe I'm just loosing it! Heehee.
Hey Pam!
No- you're not imagining things!
Raw files give you 4096 possible levels per channel.
JPEGs? A scant 256!
Next time you're in a Barnes & Noble, pick up and read the first chapter of Bruce Fraser's Real World Camera Raw for a seriously detailed description of what's going on inside that tiny little sensor.
Hope that helps!
-Leon
No- you're not imagining things!
Raw files give you 4096 possible levels per channel.
JPEGs? A scant 256!
Next time you're in a Barnes & Noble, pick up and read the first chapter of Bruce Fraser's Real World Camera Raw for a seriously detailed description of what's going on inside that tiny little sensor.
Hope that helps!
-Leon
Hey thanks Leon...I thought I was loosing it! Heehee. They just seem brighter and clearer.
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