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Originally Posted by Stephen
Well I'm sorry but I can't really see a great deal of value in Don's comparison.  |
Stephen,
The full image had to have 35% compression to post here and was only posted to show where the crop came from.
No processing was carried out in order to see the difference in how a RAW converter may affect a conversion to JPG. If you retain your file in RAW format then this is of no concern at all. If however you for any reason convert the processed image from RAW to JPG then the test shows there can be an effect.
That will no doubt lead to another question and that is if you have a RAW image do you need to convert it to JPG at all ? Why would you ?
I'll start the list
Passing a copy to a friend.
Posting in a gallery on the web.
Smaller file size for printing at home .
In each case the image you spent time on, getting just right, may not in converted form resemble it. Compression for e-mailing / web posting will have some effect but I suggest not that much.
Don