rebride

Can you send a Raw file over the internet? If so how? Can it be uploaded here in UHH?

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

A RAW file is like any other - larger than other photo file structures - but otherwise a file. As for the upload - try it!

rebride

It was tried on another post. http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-49280-2.html#804333. It came up as jpg.

LinksUp

Sure. Any file can be sent over the internet. It can be sent with an FTP client, email, download link on a web site, however many ways there are to download a file. It is just a file.

Again, sure, you can upload it to UHH. If you want people to be able to view it, then the answer is no. If you want people to be able to just download the actual Raw file, then you can upload to UHH with a download link (click on store original).

Quoting the upload instructions:
If you want to display a picture in your post, then please make sure to use GIF, JPG, BMP or PNG files.

rebride

Attached file:
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GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

That worked for me.

rebride

Most interesting.
Yea, it worked, if you have program to view it. Picasa opened it. Editing a raw in Picasa. Hummmm.
Picasa exports it as jpg whether edited or not.
Interesting.

Paw Paw Bill Loc: d

A raw file from your camera is NOT a picture. It is a file that contains the raw (un-cooked, un-processed) data from the sensor. It gives you more latitude in post processing. The images that are the result of raw will be jpg, png, gif, tiff, bmp and/or others. If you accept jpg from the camera, some of that data is lost in the process and you can't get it back. Any image that results from your post processing will also have lost data, but you will have the results that you choose and not stuck with the camera's decision about what should be done. The raw file does not change in post processing and you can always go back to it and re-process. Up loading a raw file will not be uploading a picture, but it will allow others to process it themselves to what they like in the final image.

rebride

Don't think I can accept that statement.
I can see it, I can edit it. The emperor has no clothes.
It's a propriety file, individual to manufacturer, just not processed in camera with loss of data.
I have now discovered, with little help from my friends here, that I can send it over the internet (as RAW/RAF).
I understand a latent image on film, but. . .

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

A RAW file is very large. If the person you're sending it to has a mailbox size limit, you may fill their box completely so they can't get any more mail until they download your file, or their box may already be partially filled and there won't be enough room to send it to them. After sitting there for a long time during the upload, you'll get a rejection message from the other end which is maddening.

If you have a "cloud" backup service like Carbonite or some other one, you could upload your RAW to that and give the other person entrance permission to go there and retrieve it.

Otherwise burn it to a 10-cent CD and send it to them.