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Advantages of Taking Pictures in TIFF Format


 
 
My camera (Nikon CP 800) allows me to take pictures as a .TIF file. I rarely use that file format and I am wondering when I should take advantage of TIF and when can I get away without it. Could you suggest some experiments I could do to show the appeal of TIF. I take lots of snapshots with the hope that some might make a good print.


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June 15, 2003

 

Judith A. Clark 		  TIFF files hold more info. That is the long and the short of it. The more info you have to start with the better off you are going to be if you want to edit or enlarge later on. I use TIFF images on everything I shoot that I might want to save or enlarge later on. You can always compress the file later, but you can not get back the info if you never saved it to begin with.


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June 15, 2003

 

Brendan Knell 		  Also if you are doing alot of editing, then you should shoot(or at least converte) in TIFF. Because JPEG will deteriorate(I hope I spelled that right) every time you do something to it. But you would have to do TONS of stuff to it to notice a difference. Also about the quality of TIFF, I have the Sony F828(8MP), and I was told in TIFF, I would be able to print up to 5'-6'(yes feet!).


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August 29, 2005

 
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