deepblue Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Camera question. What is the highest quality in digital photography? I was shocked to learn its not Jpeg...so what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I believe it is .tiff at least that is what we use on the school paper i believe it is high quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I believe .tiff is the highest quality compression - but it is still compression. I believe "raw" is higher quality as it uses no compression at all. However, not all cameras will shoot this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Well my Cannon Power shot SX200 IS 12.1 mega pixel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtf Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Jpeg can be a high quality photo as long as you don't try to resize it in any way. Jpeg format does not contain individual pixel information so if you were to scale it down, or change he resolution the software does its best to re-pixelate the file resulting in estimations. Not good, you will lose lots of detail and the photo will look like crap. Tiff format will maintain the the pixel information so that no mater what you do to the file it can reconstruct the image. This is why TIFF files are so big. Another similar format to tiff is BMP which is Microsoft's bitmap format. A RAW format of a photo contains things like lighting values and other information the camera was using to capture an image. With a program like Photoshop you can open these files and manipulate that info. But that's for a pro to do, not the average Joe. Another thing about digital cameras is that just because a camera has a higher pixel count does not insure the best photo. Depending on the size, a 3 mp photo can be just as good as a 10 mp file. In a decent camera i.e. an SLR it's the size of the sensor that differentiates them from the little pocket size that most people use these days. Bottom line is that the JPEG files are fine as long as you don't alter their size. If you want to change them, save them as a BMP or in native Photoshop format first, then manipulate the file. When finished you can resave the file to a different JPEG filename and print away. Just some basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks guys. I have a Canon digital SLR 12.3mp After hearing you fellas talk about "Raw"..I checked it out. My camera will take both a Raw and a jpeg at the same time. Im an automatic type of guy...I should really read up on this stuff. Thanks you guys, you have been a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Just use jpeg and take large pictures. Your camera is probably very similar to mine. If so, a large jpeg is around 7MB - that's a huge file for a picture. RAW is definitely going to give you a higher quality picture (around 15 MB) but you really don't need them unless you plan on using the software that came with your computer and start touching up those pictures. It's more for professional shots. A guy at my work is a camera nut and also shoots weddings on the side. The only time he shoots RAW is for weddings so he can touch up pictures of the bride, after the fact. Even if you do shoot in RAW, I'm 95% sure you have to convert it into a jpeg (or other) before you can print your pics, anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 thanks for the thread and informative answers. I don't know enough about digital cameras and I still struggle with close up shots. I still have my 35mm SLR cameras and the 20 pounds of gear I used to carry everywhere. I know how to take a good close up shot with those cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Kodak 100, long shutter speeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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