File formats for saving "original" photos -- Part One

A recent Blog post by Dick Eastman, "Never
Save Original Photos in JPEG Format!"
got me thinking again about the format for storing digital images. One
of the first issues that came to mind was the limitations imposed by the
camera you select. Many of the consumer level cameras do not give you
an option for the file format of the images produced. Over my lifetime I
have steadily evolved the cameras I use. My original camera was a
cheap, off the shelf fixed lens 35mm view finder camera, which, by the
way, took horrible pictures. My first real efforts to improve my
photography began with a Canon
35mm range finder camera. That was a beautiful camera with an
extraordinary lens.
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