57. SHOOTING IN RAW FOR ENHANCED PROCESSING POSSIBILITIES

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ONE ASPECT OF iPhone photography that flies under the radar, especially if you’re new to photography and digital image processing in particular, is the ability to shoot in raw. This is not a feature that is available in the iOS camera app, but it is something that is offered by other camera apps. Before we go any further, let me explain what a raw file is, and why you might want to consider it for some of your iPhone photography.

When a digital camera captures the reflected light in a scene to make a photo, that initial information is in a raw, or unprocessed, state. Under normal shooting ...

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