Samples: RAW
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Comparisions RAW<->JPG would be appreciated ;)
 | Here is the original JPG which is too dark and maybe too red.
We can't see any details in these zones. |
 | And here the RAW file with dark zone lighter.
That's what is intresting about RAW files with more depth. The in dark zone are set off but it's difficult to get burn zones back. I think that the original piture is too exposed to the right. Thus it's difficult fix noise which is very strong for every exposure. |
 | Here is the original JPG of my friend the horse.
The picture is very correct but too red. The camera did a good job in this case. |
 | And now the RAW converted to JPG. It's difficult to get much
better than original. The picture is softer and more yellow.
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 | This picture shows a common problem with JPEG which is dynamic range. Since the camera delivers a very high-contrast picture and the JPEG format has a very narrow dynamic range the room for tweaking is pretty much zero. In the RAW file however there is plenty of color and detail left in both the very bright areas as well as the very dark areas. This difference is quite big for P&S-cameras and much smaller for DSLRs since they produce much better JPEGs. |
