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[quote name='PuxaVida' timestamp='1288006901' post='3773']

When it comes to DR, I think one thing must be mentioned also: the RAW file type. I don't know how it is handled in Canon but in Nikon's models there's an option called "lossless compressed NEF". Some say that the compression does not have an effect on the IQ (like zipping a file and unzipping it), but some others (among them there are some RAW converter software engineers) say that the highlights are effected by the compression (loss in detail). The latter sounds reasonable to me. Thus, I use the "uncompressed" version. The file sizes are doubled but this is the price I accept to pay until I see no difference in my LCD screen between "uncompressed" and "lossless compressed".



Kind regards,



Serkan

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Then it must not be lossless, and if that is true Nikon's naming is pretty wrong. We do know that RAW is not really "RAW" with Nikon, but I did not know that the compressed RAW is not lossless.



Canon does not offer a compressed RAW format. Hence the RAW files are pretty big (also always 14 bit). Canon also does not alter RAW data... RAW really is RAW.