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 11/12/2005 10:59:26 PM · #1
When I convert RAW to DNG, I normally delete the RAW's afterward because keepimg both is takes too much space. Will the dng be considered the untouched original file that I need to send when asked to in a challange ?
 11/12/2005 11:01:02 PM · #2
You need the out of camera file.
 11/13/2005 03:10:07 AM · #3
NO. You have to keep the original for DPC validation. Anyway the whole POINT of shooting RAW is to have a "digital negative" forever and ever. Who knows how your abilities, and technology, will change in the future? Invest in an external hard drive or something if you're running out of room.

Robt.
 11/13/2005 05:48:51 AM · #4
Don't delete the RAW in any circumstance!! It's irreplacable.
 11/13/2005 06:19:41 AM · #5
Originally posted by bear_music:
NO. You have to keep the original for DPC validation. Anyway the whole POINT of shooting RAW is to have a "digital negative" forever and ever. Who knows how your abilities, and technology, will change in the future? Invest in an external hard drive or something if you're running out of room.

Robt.


.DNG is DigitalNegative, its a format Adobe made up because RAW isn't a standard, they differ between cameras, not even canon DSLR models use the same RAW format, so Adobe made this .DNG standard so everyone could save their RAW files as .DNG and use it in the future, as the RAW support for your camera will probably not be supported by any program in 10 years, but .DNG will.

.DNG will NOT alter the image in any way, it's just another RAW format and is intended as such.
 11/13/2005 08:59:38 AM · #6
Originally posted by DanSig:
Originally posted by bear_music:
NO. You have to keep the original for DPC validation. Anyway the whole POINT of shooting RAW is to have a "digital negative" forever and ever. Who knows how your abilities, and technology, will change in the future? Invest in an external hard drive or something if you're running out of room.

Robt.


.DNG is DigitalNegative, its a format Adobe made up because RAW isn't a standard, they differ between cameras, not even canon DSLR models use the same RAW format, so Adobe made this .DNG standard so everyone could save their RAW files as .DNG and use it in the future, as the RAW support for your camera will probably not be supported by any program in 10 years, but .DNG will.

.DNG will NOT alter the image in any way, it's just another RAW format and is intended as such.


yeah I knew that, that's why I'm converting my files
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