I didn't recommend JPEG as an intermediate form which may require further
processing. Only as the final form to be saved for purposes of printing.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Andrew Wiese <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: RAW Bit Depth
> Sent: Apr 08 '07 12:46
>
>
>
> I'm aware of that; I guess the question is what happens if you decide you
> need a crop and then pull out all the detail and sharpness you can, or other
> post-processing where you approach the extremes of what the sensor picks up
> - then a 5% loss might become significant. I realize this may not be
> practically relevant in most circumstances, but it's there. Besides, as I
> mentioned earlier, the images generally need tonal adjustment and I often
> use sharpening software, so the images have to be re-saved -- they would be
> compressed twice, increasing any (small) loss, as I understand things.
>
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