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dentheman
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Do I see RAW, JPEG, or what on my lcd screen?
« on: May 14, 2009, 04:11:46 PM »

Hello, I shoot in RAW and JPEG simultaniously (sp?) with my 40D.  My question is:  After taking a shot and viewing it in the LCD, am I viewing it as a RAW image, or has the camera done some processing and showing me a JPEG image?  Thanks.
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whizkid
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Re: Do I see RAW, JPEG, or what on my lcd screen?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2009, 05:40:51 PM »

When you review images on a camera's lcd you are really viewing a small jpeg file that is embedded in the EXIF data.
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yayas
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Re: Do I see RAW, JPEG, or what on my lcd screen?
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 05:08:21 AM »

Is it really small jpeg?
We can zoom it many times larger.
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Bob Atkins
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Re: Do I see RAW, JPEG, or what on my lcd screen?
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 01:24:53 PM »

You can think of it as showing a JPEG. You can't display a RAW file so what it displays is effectively a JPEG which corresponds to the RAW file processed with the camera's JPEG settings at the time the shot was taken.
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dentheman
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Re: Do I see RAW, JPEG, or what on my lcd screen?
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2009, 02:36:35 PM »

So, it is a raw file processed to meet the camera settings, making it a JPEG.  That's really what any JPEG is, right?  A raw image that has been processed, so it is no longer raw.  Thanks for the inputs, you have answered my question.
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whizkid
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Re: Do I see RAW, JPEG, or what on my lcd screen?
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2009, 10:15:30 AM »

Raw image data is not part of the jpeg exif specification.  Raw is not a standard specification as jpeg is so each brand can have their own version and most do. However, both jpeg and raw images include a jpeg exif header file.
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