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    What if you converted to dng for archive? Does stuff get lost if you want to go back and pull more info out of it. I know if you use dng, the file size will shrink, but if you use dng on an sRAW, it will increase in size because of how the info was being stored.
    Words get in the way of what I meant to say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by andnowimbroke View Post
    What if you converted to dng for archive?
    There are several possible issues here:

    • All software has bugs. If you lose your original, the DNG may not have all the same data due to a bug in the converter.
    • Some raw converters treat originals and DNG files differently. So even if there is no bug, the results may come out different even if they have the exact same data and metadata.


    Quote Originally Posted by andnowimbroke View Post
    Does stuff get lost if you want to go back and pull more info out of it.
    It your DNG converter doesn't have any bugs, and your raw converter treats both files the exact same, then you will get the same results from the DNG as from the original.

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