This is how bad JPEG compression is: (imagesize warning)

[ilovemyD40]

This is definitely an eye-opener! Also makes me want to start shooting in RAW, although I would like to research it more first. I've heard it makes editing a whole lot nicer on the photo (a problem I have experienced in the past)

Again, thanks for this post. Real interesting stuff!

 

[Bifurcator]

God willing we'll all migrate to JPEG2000 soon, but given that it's already 2008....

Yup! JPEG2000 and DNG fingers crossed. It seems a large number of newly released cameras are doing the DNG thing so that's promising!

 

[Joves]

Yup! JPEG2000 and DNG fingers crossed. It seems a large number of newly released cameras are doing the DNG thing so that's promising!

My fingers are cramping from being crossed for so long. Problem is I dont see everyone going to the DNG standard for their RAW format. The best Nikon has done is putting a Tiff option in the newer cameras. But Id rather see the dng being used universally.

 

[Garbz]

Adobe having somewhat of a monopoly may get the ball rolling. I didn't see a single DNG thread before the default import option for Lightroom became convert to DNG. Making people aware may be the first step.

 

[Bifurcator]

Yup!

Here's a nice info page on DNG too: http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/articles/dng/

All apps that support it, rationale, history, documentation, sample code, etc. it covers allot of ground or links to externals.