Question 10

A raw file will immediately look better than the in-camera JPEG

ANSWER (B) Score 1 The statement is false. A raw file has the potential for better quality because it retains all the data captured by the camera – but much depends on how this data is processed. When you shoot a JPEG in-camera, you benefit from the camera maker’s knowledge of its own sensor and processing hardware (1); whereas when you open a raw file in Adobe Camera Raw or some other raw processor, you get a generic interpretation (2).

An in-camera JPEG will have better colour and contrast, and possibly a better balance between detail and noise reduction, than your raw converter’s initial result. To improve on an in-camera JPEG, you might have to do some work just to get your raw file to the same level

(3) and even more to improve on it (4).