Jack 13088 wrote:
No, cameras have zero persistent memory. The view on the back of your camera are stored within the files on your memory card. It is a little known fact that the Exif specifies the format of ALL file types written by cameras on their memory cards including JPEG, TIFF, Manufacture’s raw… .
Exif does not include a raw data “tag” which would make JPEG and all other file types enormous. My reference is the Wikipedia article “Exif” which is an abridged version of the JEIDA/JEITA/CIPA specification. Except for the usual opening paragraph the article quickly becomes difficult to casually read.
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And so simply camera or phone if you don't specifically want to save the raw the raw data is discarded.
BebuLamar wrote:
Same question if you set your camera for JPEG only does it save the raw somewhere?
Well, at least in Nikon's case, the RAW file is discarded internally once the JPG is made, unless the RAW+JPG option is selected. I suspect this is the same for the other makers too. For cell phones...it might vary with make and model if whether the RAW is saved or not....
I just looked at my new phone - a Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G 2023 - it has the options of JPG only, RAW only or RAW+JPG, just as with the big cameras. I shot a few with the RAW+JPG option, and it saves both a JPG and a RAW formatted file. It uses Adobe RAW or DNG format at 12 mp. The camera has a 50 mp hi-res mode (pixel shift?), but in that case it is JPG only regardless of the RAW/JPG setting. If you need RAW, you must select one of the RAW options for it to be saved.
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