>
>Unfortunately, the TIFF format you see listed there is not a raw file.
>It's nothing but an ordinary TIFF file holding 24 bits/pixel image data.
>
Which means that each pixel has 8-bit resolution for all three primary
colours. That's as basic as you can get.
>
> There's no more data there than in a JPEG except for the compression.
> The Olympus format allows you to control the compression ratio on JPEGs so
>you could likely do as well using a low compression ratio JPEG and at much
>less space.
>
In Corel PhotoPaint I can control the degree of compressions when I use
the "Save As" option.
>
>Bite the bullet and use raw with post processing for the best results.
>The raw format says that it's not compressed but it has to have some sort of
>compression to fit into the 13.6 MB raw file.
>
Which means that the 24M TIFF format has more image information than the
proprietary OM format, so I can conserve memory by just using the 24M TIFF
format and distill it later to my liking. That sounds like a much more robust
format as I can import it into just about any graphics editing software such as
Corel PhotoPaint, which I use extensively, or a photography editor such as GIMP
or DXO FilmPack, which I've adopted for colour to B&W conversion. I'm going to
have to experiment with this to see if it will improve image resolution.
Chris
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