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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 376078" data-attributes="member: 12496">A 16 bit TIF file for the 36 megapixel D800 size would be 36*6 = 216 MB.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />TIF is better than JPG (all except tiny file size), but TIF is RGB and requires lossy editing.&nbsp; Meaning, any tonal change actually changes the data, and the original data is lost. Cannot be recovered.&nbsp;&nbsp; Any subsequent change has to shift it again, back and forth.&nbsp; That is not a plus.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Whereas Raw only shifts data ONE TIME, the one last final output time.&nbsp; All prior edits merely keep a list of the changes, to be preformed that one later time at output.&nbsp; Lossless editing.&nbsp;&nbsp; The original raw data is never affected, always perfectly retained.&nbsp; Any subsequent edit merely changes the list... does not repeatedly shift the data back and forth.Exception:&nbsp; Adobe Raw can do lossless editing on JPG and TIF, storing the list of changes in the file, and applying them one time at output to a new file.&nbsp; Other software looking at the file does not know how to see the changes, and only sees the original data.&nbsp; A new file has to be output for all uses.&nbsp; So, we might as well just use the Raw file.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; The Raw tools are better than photo editor tools anyway, more oriented to camera images (white balance, exposure, noise, distortion, etc, etc.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 376078, member: 12496"] A 16 bit TIF file for the 36 megapixel D800 size would be 36*6 = 216 MB. :) TIF is better than JPG (all except tiny file size), but TIF is RGB and requires lossy editing. Meaning, any tonal change actually changes the data, and the original data is lost. Cannot be recovered. Any subsequent change has to shift it again, back and forth. That is not a plus. :) Whereas Raw only shifts data ONE TIME, the one last final output time. All prior edits merely keep a list of the changes, to be preformed that one later time at output. Lossless editing. The original raw data is never affected, always perfectly retained. Any subsequent edit merely changes the list... does not repeatedly shift the data back and forth. Exception: Adobe Raw can do lossless editing on JPG and TIF, storing the list of changes in the file, and applying them one time at output to a new file. Other software looking at the file does not know how to see the changes, and only sees the original data. A new file has to be output for all uses. So, we might as well just use the Raw file. :) The Raw tools are better than photo editor tools anyway, more oriented to camera images (white balance, exposure, noise, distortion, etc, etc.) [/QUOTE]

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