- #Nikon scan file not saved update
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#Nikon scan file not saved software
Rewriting data is an opportunity for the system (whether due to software bugs or hardware) to screw up the data. It also may be a philosophical issue - personally I like that raw files are (almost) never changed. This is only a problem if it's a problem for y our backup scheme and space and upload speed.
#Nikon scan file not saved update
This can also happen if you update the embedded preview, or make other changes that DNG allows but raw never does. With Raw, only 1 copy is updated then 4 uploads of the tiny XMP. So if you update the file 5 times in a month, 5 copies get uploaded.
#Nikon scan file not saved Offline
If you have a DNG, it writes it to the file itself.įor some having one file rather than two is a benefit, but if you use cloud backup software (not Adobe cloud, but some other offline backup) this means with every update it copies the whole file, not just a piece. If you write metadata to files (either as a backup, or because certain tool operations may require it like capture time update, or interacting with external programs), with raw data it writes to an XMP "sidecar" file, which is a tiny text file of the same name and type XMP. There is a subtle aspect of DNG that can affect some users. Mobile photography achieved the vision of DNG that was never realized with regular cameras, where most camera makers still insist on saving raw to proprietary formats and not offering a DNG option. So we have all these raw files from a wide range of mobile devices that shoot raw straight to editor-ready, future-proof DNG with no conversion needed.
#Nikon scan file not saved android
Apple ProRAW actually uses DNG, and my understanding is that Android phones save raw photos in DNG too. Where DNG has realized more of its original promise is in mobile phone OSs that added raw support for smartphone cameras. I see no reason to convert to DNF as long as Lightroom is able to read the RAW NEF.ĭNG could simplify things greatly if cameras saved directly to it, as some do but not most.Īlthough we have the option of converting proprietary raw files to DNG, most of the time the benefits don’t outweigh the drawbacks plus the time and trouble involved to convert thousands of images.Īs long as software companies keep adding raw support for the latest cameras and don’t drop support for old ones, it’s hard to justify converting to DNG. I see DNGs as a useful RAW file format and given the opportunity to write DNGs in the camera as some dozen manufacturers already do would be optimum. Lightroom will always be able to read your NEF format so there is no worry that the NEF will somehow become obsolete. Lightroom reads your NEF the same as it reads your DNG. Converting to DNG only slows the import process and adds additional overhead. The real solution is to have sufficient file backups to recover. Opening the file to discover that it can’t be read because of bit rot achieves the same end result as a Checksum tally. Checksums tell you that the contented of the file have degraded.
Disk storage is relatively inexpensive so it matters little it you simply convert to DNG for smaller files.ģ. To that end it seems pointless to create a RAW DNG that contains the RAW contents of the NEF if you are going to keep the NEF.Ģ. I would recommend always keeping the NEF for future proofing. It is the original file and Nikon may develop future technology to improve the images based upon the content of the data stored in the Nikon file header. But thee same apps also handle the NEFsġ. DNG are a public format and all apps should be able to handle the DNG format. Built in Checksum So they you can tell if the DNG file has gone bad.Ģ. In the for DNG conversion, the pluses are:ġ. You will get answers the fall on both sides of the question.