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  • Marc1301
    A TIF is usually considered a fax file format,........you most likely will have to drill through all the in depth settings until you find the choice of save to formats.
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  • OJMayo
    TIF is a format similiar to RAW that many new digital cameras have that basically doesnt compress the file info. it means your file size will be much bigger because the cameras computer didnt compress and therefore remove any original picture data. TIF and RAW formats are not good for everyday shooting. They are for professional pictures where post processing digital manipulation is necesarry (photoshop) and therefore all data is needed. You should change the settings on your camera to shoot .JPG and you will have basically the same picture but a smaller file and thus able to hold more pictures on your memory card.
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  • Permanently deleted user
    quote:Originally posted by OJMayo
    TIF is a format similiar to RAW that many new digital cameras have that basically doesnt compress the file info. it means your file size will be much bigger because the cameras computer didnt compress and therefore remove any original picture data. TIF and RAW formats are not good for everyday shooting. They are for professional pictures where post processing digital manipulation is necesarry (photoshop) and therefore all data is needed. You should change the settings on your camera to shoot .JPG and you will have basically the same picture but a smaller file and thus able to hold more pictures on your memory card.



    ...thanks for the info...now if I can just figure out how to do that...
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  • iwannausername
    TIFF is uncompressed data, jpeg is compressed (with loss of data- lossy compression vs. non-lossy) but jpeg was desiged by the Joint Photographic Experts Group specifically for saving photo like color data.
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  • zipperzap
    Here's a good read - http://photo.net/learn/raw/
    [:D]
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