GregW Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) 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? Cheers Greg Edited September 23, 2010 by GregW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregW Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 Yeh, pretty much thought that DNG is the way to go, software changes so much these day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kja Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 My default settings in Lightroom import everything as DNG and I've been doing that for years and years. I say go with DNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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