Understanding Different Fujifilm RAW Files

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  • Understanding different Fujifilm RAW file types that include Uncompressed, Lossless Compressed, and Compressed. Comparison of each type of RAW file in popular image editors such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One and Iridient X-Transformer. See also: RAW vs. JPEG ( • Fujifilm Cameras: RAW ... )
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    0:00 Intro
    1:20 Lossless Compression
    2:21 Lossy Compression
    3:26 File Sizes Compared
    4:27 Comparison of Time to Fill Camera Buffer
    4:52 Comparison of Time to Write to SD Card
    5:52 Comparison of Time to Import into Lightroom
    6:26 RAW File Image Quality Test
    8:24 Iridient X-Transformer and Compressed RAF Files
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    10:55 Closing
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  • @chromaticvisuelle
    @chromaticvisuelle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Are you a teacher? Or were before YT? I am a photographer for 8 years, I watch like dozen of YT channels in French or English, you are definitely the best one to explain any basic or complicated things to the audience.

    • @rafbass
      @rafbass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He is. I work professionally creating content for Coursera, edX and Udemy, he is a natural.

    • @SamBorgman
      @SamBorgman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Really is the best at explaining things. He could be a really good high school teacher.

    • @cabugs
      @cabugs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +1 on this

  • @paulasimson4939
    @paulasimson4939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Chris, no one else is doing this type of testing. So helpful and useful - thank you!

  • @nrylanb
    @nrylanb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I must say as a Fuji owner I enjoy how you get into all the quirks of the camera, specially the non obvious stuff

  • @jonnyfarmer
    @jonnyfarmer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I shoot Lossless compressed for everything. Another very well informed post.

  • @coogeebolli1273
    @coogeebolli1273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The amount of work that goes into your videos is incredible. The insight appreciated.

  • @victor-ferreira
    @victor-ferreira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always, always excellent tips vs investigations! The best Fujifilm channel out there!!!

  • @duskateru
    @duskateru 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I follow you for over 1 year and half and I LOVE you each time I watch a new video… not kidding! you’re the most fun and with rich information to watch!!!! keep up 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

  • @JohnChubbSr
    @JohnChubbSr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, Chris for leaving no stone unturned. Always great work!

  • @pavel0900
    @pavel0900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are so thorough. Thank you for doing all the tests most of us can’t even come up with. Very helpful indeed

  • @garethmcfarland7244
    @garethmcfarland7244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just the video I was waiting for. Great work! 👍🏼

  • @jfcunningham
    @jfcunningham ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are absolutely stellar! Sure I learn from many Fuji vids and tutorials on TH-cam, but yours are always where I learn the most information in the shortest amount of time, and walking away actually knowing something that sticks in my brain. Thank you for your efforts and attention to detail. You really know how to relate essential information without useless fillers. I wish more TH-camrs delivered information the way you do. Keep on Rockin (in a free world?)!

  • @primal_aperture_photo
    @primal_aperture_photo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great info and so well explained as always! Thank you Chris.

  • @joewilmot
    @joewilmot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You are a rock star. This was super helpful. I’m shooting lossless uncompressed, but I’m switching to lossless compressed immediately. No need for those 57 meg shots.

  • @JustZG
    @JustZG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video! I've just purchased an gfx100s and so file management has become more important than ever. This was super helpful, thank you so much for the content as always!

  • @brianw6645
    @brianw6645 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic video. When reading the title, I didn't think this would be applicable to me, but as usual, I end up learning a lot from your content. Thank you!

  • @nasroullahdinally5140
    @nasroullahdinally5140 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do this .

  • @root9065
    @root9065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I needed this so much, thank you for not rushing it and doing it properly instead ;) you the real MVP sir

  • @wesleylow3632
    @wesleylow3632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, thank you! You do the research well and you pick great topics. Keep it up.

  • @donaldpirie5485
    @donaldpirie5485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very, very helpful and incredibly interesting. Thank you.

  • @boblab8097
    @boblab8097 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great post from the most entertaining and informative guy on TH-cam. I’ve no idea where you find the time for such detailed, thorough analyses, but thank you for doing so. Saves me the effort and time. Just switched my x-h1 to lossless and will see how it goes.

    • @jasontrahan4483
      @jasontrahan4483 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can I ask how it's going, two years later?

  • @jeanlatteur
    @jeanlatteur 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great enthusiasm and interesting facts! Thank you so much!

  • @dr4sail852
    @dr4sail852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for a very clear and understandable presentation

  • @johnporfirio8749
    @johnporfirio8749 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always ... fantastic video !! Thanks so much

  • @krzysztofzwolinski956
    @krzysztofzwolinski956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many people don't realise how important this subject is. Thank you really much for this video.

  • @phillean
    @phillean ปีที่แล้ว

    Another very clear explanation with good examples. Thank you.

  • @TougeTouring
    @TougeTouring 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much, this was exactly what i needed to know! 👍

  • @GeoffGrant2010
    @GeoffGrant2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very thorough, very helpful! Thanks!

  • @MindYaBizz_Whiz
    @MindYaBizz_Whiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man, that was a really interesting video. Thanks for the info.

  • @KristiGay1973
    @KristiGay1973 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video, sir. Especially with how different software treats the files.

  • @oscarcampuzano999
    @oscarcampuzano999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gracias Cris! Por hacer ameno este tema tan técnico 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @ewoutgsa
    @ewoutgsa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Changed my setting from uncompressed to lossless immediately. I lost count of the settings I changed because of your advice. Thanks so much!

  • @miscbrahh
    @miscbrahh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You are consistently the most thorough TH-cam photographer. I am delighted when I have a question and a google search brings me to a video you made. It almost always is answered thoroughly.

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much Jamie!! 🙏🙏

  • @marcosaurus80
    @marcosaurus80 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super clear as always! Thanks

  • @newsigmundfreud3023
    @newsigmundfreud3023 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Very informative and helpful. THANK YOU.*

  • @refugeenius
    @refugeenius 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You've covered so many important questions I've had.. thank you for your efforts, sir.

  • @nigelf43
    @nigelf43 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A great, informative video. Thank you.

  • @JohnBerthoty
    @JohnBerthoty 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent analysis!

  • @sweet4nice2003
    @sweet4nice2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the depth Chris...U make understanding Fuji cams worth understanding 😁👌

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great to hear! Thank you so much Ben!!!!! 👍

  • @1BigBucks1
    @1BigBucks1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So thorough as usual 👍

  • @henryzhang9625
    @henryzhang9625 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Keep up the good work

  • @arildthingvoll5967
    @arildthingvoll5967 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work!

  • @AJ-em2rb
    @AJ-em2rb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the only difference i've seen between lossless compressed and uncompressed in fujifilm files is that uncompressed files have a jpeg built in so that there is a preview on Mac computers even if the camera is unsupported by Mac firmware (lke the XT3).

  • @davebenson1504
    @davebenson1504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW... Thank you for all the work on testing... very helpful

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No problem!! Cheers!!

  • @mounirmounir6136
    @mounirmounir6136 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice demonstration, thanks

  • @1717jbs
    @1717jbs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad I found this channel. Thanks.

  • @steverosenblum823
    @steverosenblum823 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video! thank you!

  • @just_eirik
    @just_eirik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The other week I was wondering why Fujifilm X-T2 files are so much bigger than Nikon D750 files, and someone on Reddit explained that Nikon uses lossless compression. It made me look for an option to turn that on in my Fuji and I’m so glad I found it. I wish I had been shooting with lossless compression since I got my X-T1 over 5 years ago. Would have saved so much hard drive space.

  • @johncharlton
    @johncharlton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as usual, so thank you once again. One thing you didn't mention in this video which I caught in another video of yours was that the Mac Finder cannot display Lossless Compressed RAW files. That's a pretty big deal for me as I like to be able to see what I have in Finder. Having seen this video before, I concluded the only way to view my RAW images in the Mac Finder was to include a jpeg. Turns out, as long as I use Uncompressed RAW, I can view those files easily in Finder without the need for the jpeg. Looking forward to your return. Enjoy your break!

  • @sierragold
    @sierragold 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really helpful. Thanks!

  • @volkanozkan4122
    @volkanozkan4122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Firstly, I need to say that thank you for these kind of videos of yours to make people got informed; I saw your videos just a while ago and writing my first comment here.
    I actually was wondering what's the difference between that three options, in my previous one x-t20 (there were two though in that device) and currently my new x-e4. Indeed, i watched a video about it a couple of years ago but it wasn't as this detailed, honestly. So, your video is definitely clear to understand and really helpful. Did I thank you before? :) Stay safe!

  • @simonefaluschi3940
    @simonefaluschi3940 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen dozens of your video, and just now I was realizing a thing: you gesticulate like and more than an Italian 😅
    Thanks, you're the best on youtube.

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha!!!

  • @uweschroder
    @uweschroder 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, Chris, again such a very great video. I never used any other than lossless compressed in Nikon and Fuji, but I enjoyed your lesson so much again. Another look? No glasses and another haircut! Looks a littler strange at first minutes. Happy weekend. Uwe

  • @cm4340
    @cm4340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please note that in my version of Apple Photos on MacOs: Apple Photos can read uncompressed RAF, but not the compressed (lossless) ones.

  • @fabio6935
    @fabio6935 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. Great video ! Very usefull

  • @jeremytheoneofdestiny8691
    @jeremytheoneofdestiny8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved it! Please do a video on the mystery of the worms in Lightroom!

  • @jakobschneeberger3965
    @jakobschneeberger3965 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍 Very valuable video. Thanks a lot.

  • @ldenglish316
    @ldenglish316 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent analysis!!!

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you kindly!

  • @ronbaselice7839
    @ronbaselice7839 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Answers a lot of questions!

  • @ralphperei
    @ralphperei 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Hair Cut :) - Keep up your great work

  • @alainh7768
    @alainh7768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you very much for these very good explanations.
    How about a video explaining Fujifilm film simulations, surely that would be much appreciated

  • @Hugmir
    @Hugmir 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for all the samples provided. From what I understand the compressed RAWs can be less compatible with older software? - but the simple 50% space saving is a pretty convincing factor.

  • @AlainLafleche1
    @AlainLafleche1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video !! I always take my photos uncompressed, because I rarely fill my Sd card before having transferred my images to my computer. I must admit when I saw your video, I thought it was in 8k, well no, it was only an optical illusion after your beautiful haircut :-).

  • @matthewryan9935
    @matthewryan9935 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Every question I had - you covered. I tip my cap to you good sir.

  • @mxrite
    @mxrite 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much....very lucid.

  • @brsaravia
    @brsaravia 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you Chris !!

  • @torinsall
    @torinsall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was so helpful...will have to watch it again (dogs and family at suppertime can be distracting...grin) Raw compressed lossless sounds interesrting...🤔
    So far have been leaving the XT4 and the X100v on jpeg + raw uncompressed, but thinking of changing the X100V to just jpeg...maybe...go back and forth on that)

  • @smalltalk.productions9977
    @smalltalk.productions9977 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for the effort and the sharing. i use an older X-T1 and there isn't even a compression choice! all good.

  • @Mowikan
    @Mowikan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thx for testing this! And I keep shooting in uncompressed raw, just like you said: storage is cheap. AND thx also for testing the life span of your mechanical shutter 🙃🤪

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I missed that shutter comment in this one. What episode was that?

  • @escritoriodecristal
    @escritoriodecristal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    great videos!!!

  • @cooledcollective
    @cooledcollective ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video! These nuances are very important but probably will never affect us too much lol but good to know

  • @juancarlosplaza8301
    @juancarlosplaza8301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting!! I always use 'lossless compressed' but didn't know the real difference. Thanks a lot Chris!

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Juan!!!! Great so see ya here buddy!!! I hope you are doing ok. Cheers to you and your family!!!! 👍

    • @juancarlosplaza8301
      @juancarlosplaza8301 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pal2tech Thank you Chris!! Cheers to you and your family too!!!

  • @NicolasFORCET
    @NicolasFORCET ปีที่แล้ว

    Very clear, i switched to lossless compressed on my X100-V ;)

  • @Edmonotone
    @Edmonotone 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video again. One piece of additional information, for X-S10 users: lossy compressed files are still not recognized by ON1 RAW (Windows) including in the latest version released yesterday. Not sure about Mac versions and X-T4.

  • @JISHNUKR249
    @JISHNUKR249 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank God somebody did a video on this. Love m kerala 💕

  • @stevejaiden5198
    @stevejaiden5198 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @MrArturhM
    @MrArturhM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is enjoyable to watch, now if you don't have the time just do this when shooting raw: Select lossless compressed.

  • @bisharabdi6488
    @bisharabdi6488 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Subscribing him is like attending school. Love your videos man.

  • @CarlosLopezES
    @CarlosLopezES 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful! Nice tests have you done! I also had this question with brand new camera some time ago and also I have the same option checked, loseless compression. I'm not gonna change it, but I wonder if there is some battery impact because the compression process in each raw or not at all...

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think there would be much impact on battery. Probably not even as much as turning down the screen brightness a bit. I wouldn't worry too much about that.

  • @josecolon8143
    @josecolon8143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding video! Big brother you should be sponsored by Fujifilm! 🎖🎖🎖🎖

  • @andrewjoseph1363
    @andrewjoseph1363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much! I’ve learned a lot. I have a few questions. I definitely like the idea of shooting compressed lossless for the space savings but I use a Mac and IOS For photo editing raw photos and they won’t open up the compressed files with the software I use. I wouldn’t mind using a workaround if there was a way to convert Raws from compressed to uncompressed and vice versa as an alternative. What would you suggest? Any thoughts? Because I love the idea of raw editing using affinity photo and pixelmator on my iPad for some quick edits to come close to how I would edit on say capture one. It’s not the same but it allows me to start my photos remotely before a get to a computer.

  • @MultiMarooned
    @MultiMarooned 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    BRILLIANT - now breathe in !!!!

  • @tonyelsom
    @tonyelsom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man oh man some deep deep research done here Chris ! I shoot raw uncompressed, don't know how or why I do that, but it seems I am on the right track. Storage doesn't really become much of an issue with the cost of storage these days. How do you find time to do this ? Completely understand now why you want to do this full time.

  • @arnienassuk4810
    @arnienassuk4810 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great information

    • @pal2tech
      @pal2tech  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Arnie!!!

  • @berkdeniz
    @berkdeniz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    R.I.P Michael Collins .. :( another amazing video thank you by the way

  • @dheerajgopi89
    @dheerajgopi89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video Chris.
    I think compressed raw has lower number of bits per pixel. That might be the reason for the low file size.

  • @msandersen
    @msandersen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One difference between compressed and uncompressed is both iOS and MacOS doesn’t support displaying Compressed RAF files, and PhotoMechanic can’t write to them either if you’ve set it up to write to Raw, it writes to XMP sidecar files instead. Fortunately Exiftool does.

  • @ronmasters751
    @ronmasters751 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good explanation. Canon’s lossy compression made a bigger difference in file size and buffering, still didn’t sacrifice image quality, that I noticed. Maybe Fuji could be a bit (no pun intended) more aggressive with lossy. Or maybe your test shots-full of color & detail-resist compression. It would be interesting to test file size differences on, for example, grey days, high key, low key, … scenes with low intrinsic dynamic range.

  • @chantallabelle6573
    @chantallabelle6573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your video are always so interesting! So if I understand well the % difference of the size of a picture taken uncompressed versus lossless compressed will depend of the picture? If I take a picture of uniform color scene, the % of the difference between uncompressed versus lossless compressed will be more important that if it is a scene that contain lots of different colors?

  • @justinhoang992
    @justinhoang992 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Think I will shoot Lossless compressed after this video. Thank you for the video

  • @MartinHarvey
    @MartinHarvey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice prez thanks - I wonder how DxO Pure Raw would perform especially compared to Iridient?

  • @Light_Camera_Story
    @Light_Camera_Story 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Silkypix Developer Studio Pro 10 is the best software to edit Fujifilm.
    Because, they are the company that created the Fujifilm X Converter. Also the company behind Nikon, Panasonic, Pantex raw converter.
    Highly recommended.

  • @alternateuniverse1379
    @alternateuniverse1379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey, great video as always!
    I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on best ways to print photos.
    I'm thinking about a book style print that would be affordable and decent quality.
    I used to process images myself and miss seeing my pictures on paper. I know there are good photo printers out there ...
    Cheers!

    • @KristiGay1973
      @KristiGay1973 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a great idea for a video. And I know that Chris would do a thorough comparison.

  • @RandyPollock
    @RandyPollock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One thing I considered was that if you use the Fuji only version of Capture One and you want to convert to DNG first using additional software you stuck because C1 for Fuji only won't edit DNG files.

  • @daxvolfan
    @daxvolfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good info. I'll be checking my settings when I get home this afternoon.

  • @brdbrntrn
    @brdbrntrn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @cokeandtwirl
    @cokeandtwirl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Essential stuff for Fuji owners!

  • @markedone150
    @markedone150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    at 6:45 you can clearly see that lossless compressed has much more details than Uncompressed(pre dng segment),you will also notice that after saving raws as dng's

  • @colin-4794
    @colin-4794 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, that's put that to bed :)) Tnx for all that effort.

  • @marronijoesowieso
    @marronijoesowieso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One major downside with compressed files. There's no preview available when using Mac OS. And I prefer to sort out the images before importing all of them to Capture One.

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's why you should shoot both jpeg and raw.

    • @SamBorgman
      @SamBorgman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the only thing preventing me from using compressed raw on Mac.

    • @SamBorgman
      @SamBorgman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sclogse1 But how to be sure when I edit in any software, the raw is being used and not the jpg?

  • @dazsly
    @dazsly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lossless is good 😁 I would like to see this with gfx100s