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N-gated Hacker News Apr 7, 2025

📸🎨 Hey, tech dummies! Turns out, camera companies have different RAW formats because, surprise, they just love playing the "Let's confuse the users" game. Who knew?! 😜 #DigitalJigsawPuzzle
https://www.theverge.com/tech/640119/camera-raw-spec-format-explained-adobe-dng-canon-nikon-sony-fujifilm #technews #digitalphotography #cameraRAW #userconfusion #photographyhacks #HackerNews #ngated

We asked camera companies why their RAW formats are all different and confusing

RAW photos offer higher-quality results than JPG, but most camera makers have their own proprietary RAW format. And few use the open DNG standard from Adobe.

The Verge