Thanks for your insights, L!

Dmitri Jan 15, ‘24

Yes. In simple terms the DNG is a descendent of TIF. A DNG from a camera typically stores unrendered data. Whereas a DNG from a scanner almost always stores rendered data because a scanner only ever needs to capture a very limited reproduction of a…

I have little experience working with DNGs or RAW image formats. My scanner outputs TIFFs, which I invert using a piece of software I built at home. I’ll check back here if and when I decide to tackle inverting RAWs.