Where the anti-JPG bias came from…

Gary L. Friedman
Sep 2, 2018 · 7 min read

I don’t want to add to the RAW vs. JPG religious debate. But I thought it would be useful to reveal just where the huge industry-wide anti-JPG bias came from. Have a look at this picture I took in 2001 using a very early digital camera:

This picture was taken with a Minolta RD-3000 DSLR, a pioneering 3-megapixel camera (and you can learn more about its unusual architecture here.)

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Gary L. Friedman

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Gary L. Friedman is a professional photographer who runs the stock image website FriedmanArchives.com and has written many best-selling camera-specific books.

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