thechanceofitcorruptinganyinformationthatmaybe
stored on it.DIGITAL IMAGE FILE FORMATS
Firstyouwillneedtodecide whichimagefileformat is
mostsuitable forshooting. AllDigital SLRsand MILCs
willgiveyoutheoptionofshootinginthreedifferentfile
formats.Allhavetheirownadvantagesanddisadvantages
for shooting;files such as RAWswill capture as much
informationaspossiblewiththeequipmentchosen,while
otherswillcompressandchangetheinformationdepending
on thesettingsof the camera.
Thereisalsocurrentlymuchdebateastothelongevityof
certainfileformats.Ifyouenvisagetheimagestakentobe
seenbygenerationstocomethenthechoiceoffiletypeis
an importantconsiderationat this stage.
Eachfileformatwillhaveitsownbenefitsandconstraints,
explained clearly here, although these are still widely
debated in the photographic world. Most professional
photographerswilluseRAWfilesforcapture, wherethe
greatest information is recorded, and then process the
RAW file into either a JPEG or TIFF file in post
production.
However the photographer should understand how all
image files work, as they are commonly used not
independently of each other but quite often in synergy.