Somewhat related to this: How long do you think the software vendors
(Olympus included) will continue to support the RAW format for old cameras ?
Has anyone seen any official statements ?
...Wayne
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Subject: Re: [OM] E-500/510/520 TIFF Raw Format
Unfortunately, the TIFF format you see listed there is not a raw file.
It's nothing but an ordinary TIFF file holding 24 bits/pixel image data.
There's no more data there than in a JPEG except for the compression.
The Olympus format allows you to control the compression ratio on JPEGs so
you could likely do as well using a low compression ratio JPEG and at much
less space.
Bite the bullet and use raw with post processing for the best results.
The raw format says that it's not compressed but it has to have some sort of
compression to fit into the 13.6 MB raw file. I wouldn't worry about the
proprietary format. There are many pieces of software (free and not free)
that know that format. If you can get along with the Oly software interface
it will do a good job on conversion.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/11/2015 2:42 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> While I was going through the menu on my new/used E-500, I came up to
> the recording format setting and was reminded that there is a TIFF
> format that saves 24.5M raw images. I'm interested in knowing how
> this compares with the Olympus proprietary raw format. The TIFF
> format is 50% larger in file size, but it would be more robust as it
> could be imported into just about any graphics package you can name.
>
> In our discussion last year about the problems with using digital
> cameras for B&W, I recall that some people preferred the raw format
> for processing, but I don't recall the TIFF raw format being
> mentioned.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - Hunter S. Thompson
>
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