what is the actual difference from arw file to jpg? i have an alpha 900 camera?

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what is the actual difference from arw file to jpg? i have an alpha 900 camera and i have the option to save the files into arw file or jpg or other file formats.so i don't understand the actual difference.is the quality better if i save to arw?
thanks

Answer 1

An arw file is the Sony raw file. A raw file is everything the sensor recorded at the time you took the picture. The benefits of using raw files is that you have greater control over what goes into your jpg...brightness, compression, colour range....you can get better images if you are willing to play with the image.



There are disadvantages, too. The files are big...a little bit bigger than your cameras image size. The camera takes quite a bit longer to save them, too. Probably only the software supplied with your camera (and high-end photo editing software) can handle them.



More (and better explained) here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format



Personally I let the camera convert and save images as jpgs as I take them. It's quick and every photo editing program can handle them.

Answer 2

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what is the actual difference from arw file to jpg? i have an alpha 900 camera?

what is the actual difference from arw file to jpg? i have an alpha 900 camera and i have the option to save the files into arw file or jpg or other file formats.so i don't understand the actual difference.is the quality better if i save to arw?

thanks

Answer 3

In addition to insider's comments, I would add that your a900 can save BOTH raw and jpeg versions of an image. I have the a700 and that's what I do. I just use the jpeg 90% of the time. If there's a high contrast shot or a shot where I got the exposure a little off, the added dynamic range of the raw file gives me more room to bring up the shadows without adding noise and a better chance of recovering blown highlights.



Also, while it makes sense that it should take the camera longer to save the RAW images as compared to jpeg, in practice it doesn't seem to make enough of a difference for me to worry about, at least with the type of photography I do. If you shoot a lot of action at a high frame rate, you should test the effect beforehand if you want to try RAW.



The Sony Image Data Converter software is able to process raw files from your camera. (You can download the latest version from Sony's web site.) Photoshop Adobe Camera Raw also opens Sony RAW files, as does Lightroom. (I personally use Photoshop CS4 and ACR.)

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Answer 6

how on earth did you spent $2000 on that camera and don't know the difference between RAW and JPEG.

I will make it simple for you:

RAW: AWESOME

JPEG: OK



hope that helps

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Answer 8

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