JPEG: This stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. This is a common file format for digital cameras that compresses an image file so it can be accepted by many computers and software. Although this is convenient, JPEG does result in a loss in the quality of the picture, especially as it gets more and more compressed. The more you save and download these files, the more quality the image will loose.
TIF: This format does not compromise the photographs at all as the JPEG format does, however, this results in larger files that are not as easily transferable.
Raw (a.k.a. NEF or CRR): This format contains very little processing data that results in a photograph that has not been at all altered by the camera functions, but thus cannot be printed until one goes in and individually edits each photo taken.
CCD Sensor (charged coupled device) vs. CMOS Sensor (complementary metal oxide semiconductor): Both of these sensors serve to convert light into electrons. CCDs are known to be of higher quality since they cause no distortion of the image in the process. CCDs are of higher quality and more pixels than those of CMOS sensors. CMOS sensors on the other hand produce pictures with lower quality and more noise in comparison to CCDs. These also consume much less energy, and are less expensive to purchase since they can be made from more basic materials (which reflects on its lower image quality).
I took this photo this weekend at the Krka National Park in Croatia. I took this photo on my Nikon D3300 using a zoom lens set on around 36. It was very sunny so I had my ISO low at 100 and a shutter speed of around 1/125. I really like how the trees almost frame the waterfall in the background, as well as the people in the water.
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