ABSTRACT
Digital cameras create photographic image files for each shot photographer take, and they might even set their camera up to record multiple file types simultaneously. The type of files photographers’ camera outputs may be adjustable in terms of file type or file quality, and they should become familiar with the possibilities and options before they start shooting so that they get the best quality images at the end of the day. There are two types of file compression, "lossy" and "lossless". Lossy file compression actually loses some of the data from the original file in order to significantly reduce the file size of the image. Lossless compression reduces the file size without a major impact on the quality of the image, but photographer won't get quite as small a file. There is format, Exchangeable Image File Format, which governs the storage and exchange of metadata associated with each photographic file.
