When recently researching the Canon 40D, I ran into “sRAW” for the first time. It seemed pretty obvious what this new (to me) file format is: a smaller RAW file captured by the same camera. What I didn’t know were the exact specs of the sRAW format. More important, I simply could not fathom who would ever want to use a smaller RAW file in a given camera. Would you?
On October 25, 2007, Chris Ridley of 11thStudio Photography posted this on his blog:
“sRaw is quite simply is a small version of a standard RAW file, roughly ¼ the size. This sRaw file format is ideal for when you know you won’t need to print any thing bigger than approx 6″ x 4″. This could be a great file format for some—if space is at a premium or if you definitely know you won’t be needing to print a bigger size in the future.”
I don’t know how Ridley figured Continue reading “Who the Heck Uses the sRAW Format???”