Section 01
Bayer arrays infer two-thirds of every photograph's colour
What a raw file is before anybody touches it.
Bayer arrays infer two-thirds of every photograph's colour
Demosaicing, white balance and a tone curve you did not pick. Camera Raw, Capture One and darktable each hand you a different opening position, and every edit after that is an argument with it.
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Everything in off the sensor
Full archive →- Bayer arrays infer two-thirds of every photograph's colourDemosaicing, white balance and a tone curve you did not pick. Camera Raw, Capture One and darktable each hand you a different opening position, and every edit after that is an argument with it.
- X-Trans broke demosaicing and converters still disagreeA Bayer array records one channel per photosite and the rest is reconstructed. Fujifilm's X-Trans uses a different arrangement, which is why its files land differently in different converters.
- Raw keeps the sensor data JPEG throws awayA JPEG is a raw file that has already been through somebody else's opinion, baked in and no longer negotiable.
- Adobe's DNG format outlasts the camera that shot itProprietary raw formats are tied to their maker. DNG was Adobe's attempt to make one that is not, and archives care about the difference.