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Thoughts On Adobe Dng Format?


GregW
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After reading Scott Kelbys book on Lightroom 3 ( highly reccommend ) he insists that photos are better off being converted to Adobe DNG ( digital negative ) rather than native RAW as each camera is slightly different.

I want to start converting to some form of RAW now, how are others doing, anyone agree that should be Adobe DNG as it is pretty much RAW but more conventional?

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Greg

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RAW formats change over time and different cameras have different file systems. Already the early versions of RAW files need special converters to even open the files on newer computers with newer programs.

DNG is an across platform format that can be read by all programs etc. Think of it a little like jpg - this can be read by everything. DNG is about 20% less file size than raw but has the same editing values.

If I remember, I will convert to DNG when importing. If I don't remember, I will convert to JPG and DNG when exporting from lightroom.

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