Image Format

Image Format

JPEG

JPEG is now the default setting on many new cameras when originally brought. A JPEG image is processed inside the camera, ready to be printed or edited within this format - these images are also instantly ready to be uploaded or shared online. However, a downside to using this JPEG format is that it is difficult and sometimes impossible to change certain elements of a processed JPEG formatted image. For example, if a JPEG image contains too much saturation, it is more difficult to remove these elements and can be impossible in post-production. Although there are many benefits of shooting in JPEG that I have listed below -

• Processed within the camera, ready to print, upload etc.
• Smaller size file than RAW images
• Able to shoot more images in burst mode in JPEG

RAW

When capturing images in the RAW format, the RAW files capture all the possible information possible from the senior, all detailed included. However once the RAW file has been uploaded onto a computer, these files cannot be processed, these files are 'unfinished'. Though with images being captured in a RAW format, you are able to process RAW images in a variety of different ways, able to chose how to process and edit these images.

TOP TIP: JPEG OR RAW FORMAT?

If you are not wanting to process these images are capturing, then JPEG is the best and easiest option.