Cameras, including phones, shoot JPEGs by default, but this compressed format saves a fraction of the data your camera’s sensor is capable of recording. The alternative is to shoot in RAW, a filetype ...

Smartphone camera hardware is increasingly powerful, and we’re seeing more and more impressive software to match. If you’re serious about making your mobile snaps look the best they can, you’re ...

Raw files contain the image data as it is captured by the camera’s sensor with only minimal processing applied. … Raw files contain the image data as it is captured by the camera’s sensor with only ...

Adam Z. Lein has been a tech journalist at Pocketnow since 2002. He's also been a photographer since 1995 and a web developer & graphic designer since 1997 while working on the DEC intranet. He's also ...

Two years ago, Google introduced the first true mobile RAW photo support in the form of a new camera API that debuted alongside Android 5.0 Lollipop. Much like the RAW photo capabilities of more ...

Your digital SLR or high-end compact camera gives you the option of saving your photos as Raw files or as JPEGs. Which should you pick? It’s an old question, but it isn’t as easy to answer as you ...

All digital cameras record images in JPEG format and JPEG is the only file format that can be viewed in all viewing devices and edited by all image editors. For this reason, JPEG is known as the ...

The Digital Photography School weblog has a great post examining the pros and cons of shooting your digital photos in JPEG versus RAW format. Whether you're a professional or amateur photographer, ...

If you want to get the most out of a camera, one discussion you'll come across sooner or later is whether to shoot in RAW or JPEG. Here we'll look at what that actually means, the benefits that can be ...