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 ...

Your digital SLR or high-end compact camera gives you the option of saving your photos as Raw files or as JPEGs. Which should you pick? It’s an old question, but it isn’t as easy to answer as you ...

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 ...

The Digital Photography School weblog has a great post examining the pros and cons of shooting your digital photos in JPEG versus RAW format. Whether you're a professional or amateur photographer, ...

All DSLRs, and even many point-and-shoots nowadays, can shoot in RAW format, meaning you can save your images as a completely unprocessed file that offers the potential for a higher-quality photo. The ...

The crops below show that due to different interpretations of the raw image data, the visual appearance of noise is quite different in the two images. The out-of-camera JPEG has a mostly monochromatic ...