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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 363238" data-attributes="member: 16090">I use Capture NX-D, where all the edits are saved in a sidecar file. The NEF files remains as it is. The difference between RAW and TIFF (amongst other things) is that RAW file is what was output from the sensor, before demosaiking, that is before the Bayer pattern of RGGB (of four pixels) is converted to individual RGB. Thus in future if a better demosaiking algorithm comes you can get better colours. The RAW file is small because of two reasons1. There is one data for each pixel. IN TIFF there will be three data for each pixel (R,G,B)2. The data in RAW is packed, that is 12 bit has only 12 bits per data and 14 bit only 14&nbsp; bits. In contrast TIFF has either 8 bits or 16 bits, making the 16bit TIFF that much larger.For display (and printing) 16 bit TIFF gives the best option as it has more than 8 bits of jpeg, hence the colour gradation are smoother. For web where most displays cannot go beyond 8 bits, jpeg is more economical. Bot TIFF and jpeg can be compressed, TIFF usually is compressed loss less and jpeg lossy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 363238, member: 16090"] I use Capture NX-D, where all the edits are saved in a sidecar file. The NEF files remains as it is. The difference between RAW and TIFF (amongst other things) is that RAW file is what was output from the sensor, before demosaiking, that is before the Bayer pattern of RGGB (of four pixels) is converted to individual RGB. Thus in future if a better demosaiking algorithm comes you can get better colours. The RAW file is small because of two reasons 1. There is one data for each pixel. IN TIFF there will be three data for each pixel (R,G,B) 2. The data in RAW is packed, that is 12 bit has only 12 bits per data and 14 bit only 14 bits. In contrast TIFF has either 8 bits or 16 bits, making the 16bit TIFF that much larger. For display (and printing) 16 bit TIFF gives the best option as it has more than 8 bits of jpeg, hence the colour gradation are smoother. For web where most displays cannot go beyond 8 bits, jpeg is more economical. Bot TIFF and jpeg can be compressed, TIFF usually is compressed loss less and jpeg lossy. [/QUOTE]

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