Doug Kerr
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Hi, Murray
I actually have no experience with this, and I do not use any processing software that provides for raw development, so this is all based on intuition and a bit of Internet research.
But it is my understanding (albeit perhaps in error) that in raw development software, when one opens a raw file (where that was the only output taken from the camera), one can crop the image that will then be delivered as a JPEG, TIFF, etc. file.
In effect, if no "crop" mode was in effect in the camera (one not being able to set such if the output mode is set to raw only), in effect the "preferred crop" set in the metadata of the raw file is "entire frame" (that is, not a "crop" at all).
So when that raw file is opened in a program that provides for raw development, the initial "crop" setting is "entire frame"., and if we do nothing the delivered JPEG or TIFF output will include the entire taken frame. But in general one can call for a different crop situation for the image that will be delivered as a JPEG or TIFF file.
But again this is all conjecture from a "drugstore cowboy"!
I think Asher and many others here have actual experience with this, and perhaps one of them can straighten me out.
Best regards,
Doug
I first note that to get an output file (JPEG,TIFF, etc.) that has a different aspect ratio than that of the taken frame is perforce a "crop" operation... If you just shoot RAW, you get an uncropped RAW file and I think cannot select the different aspect ratios (though I have not tried that).
I actually have no experience with this, and I do not use any processing software that provides for raw development, so this is all based on intuition and a bit of Internet research.
But it is my understanding (albeit perhaps in error) that in raw development software, when one opens a raw file (where that was the only output taken from the camera), one can crop the image that will then be delivered as a JPEG, TIFF, etc. file.
In effect, if no "crop" mode was in effect in the camera (one not being able to set such if the output mode is set to raw only), in effect the "preferred crop" set in the metadata of the raw file is "entire frame" (that is, not a "crop" at all).
So when that raw file is opened in a program that provides for raw development, the initial "crop" setting is "entire frame"., and if we do nothing the delivered JPEG or TIFF output will include the entire taken frame. But in general one can call for a different crop situation for the image that will be delivered as a JPEG or TIFF file.
But again this is all conjecture from a "drugstore cowboy"!
I think Asher and many others here have actual experience with this, and perhaps one of them can straighten me out.
Best regards,
Doug
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