Nikon D60 - RAW vs. JPEG

An overview of the D60's five different image quality options, including an explanation of RAW files and their technical pros and cons compared to JPEGs, from the Magic Lantern DVD Guide to the Nikon D60

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• D60
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• RAW
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• compression

[wr8fu]

hey i might get a canon 40d do u think its a good camera. for macro and everything

[LarkPhoto]

The Canon 40D is a great all around "Advanced Amateur" level camera. As far as "for macro and everything"...well, to shoot Macro you need a macro lens; the camera itself is irrelevant in that regard. And if by "and everything" you mean every other possible kind of photography...well...like I said, it's a great all-around camera for an Advanced Amateur. Helpful?

[dipshitarsewipe]

Nice little explanation of RAW imaging. For those looking at buying a camera, once you're above 10MP and processing images through photoshop its impossible to tell what camera the image was taken from except from the meta data. The No1 thing to be sure of when buying a camera is that it feels comfortable in your hands. If the camera feels natural when holding it this will reflect in your photography. Personally I'd only go for a Nikon or Canon.

[tonwa22]

Very basic; it would of been nice to include more detail on the difference between the two file types, it was however unbiased and accurate... something a lot of people lack.

[Cratediggers]

This really is a bad piece of advice. Think of it this way, RAW is the uncompressed image taken directly from the image sensor. JPEG is a way of compressing the image to reduce its size. It doesn't magically makes your images better looking, or perform post production on them, as inferred here. This is like ripping a CD to MP3, only to then throw the CD away? Shoot RAW where ever possible to give you the greatest flexibility when editing and creating different versions, like JPEG, for publishin

[andreipetunin]

I like it raw.

[idrive12]

if you go and print your film you do not throw away your negative. why not? because when you make copies, prints at certain sizes or big enlargements, what do you bring to your local photoshop? your negatives!!! and not your 4x6 prints for scanning. shooting ONLY jpeg is equal to burn all your negatives as soon as you have the first print in your hand.

[idrive12]

@dipshitarsewipe its better to save the money on the actual camera bodies, because you are going update them relatively quickly. spent the saved money or even more on the LENSES because prime lenses are going along your way for many years from camera body to body to body...

[goga56]

RAW- ->JPEG

[GhostofRazors]

@panzarw I got a 5D and a D3000. I love the D3000 b/c its light and compact. Something the 5D monster can not be.

[retepvosnul]

RAW != NEGATIVE....

[foreveremo]

how do i change the quality of my camera (panasonic G1) from Jpeg to Raw??

[BuddyTVTest]

What tripod are you using in your videos?

[IronFreee]

That's a strange (wrong) way to explain things.

(If you need to retouch your raw images then you'll also need to retouch your jpegs.)

If you want to work with jpeg all you have to do is converting the file.

Raw files contain much more informations than jpegs (more colours, more details...), you will lose them for ever with compression.