JPEG

JPEG applies the camera's white balance, contrast and sharpening and discards the rest, in eight bits per channel and with lossy compression. It is small and universally readable, and the editing latitude a badly exposed aviation shot needs is no longer there.

Nearby in Photography

• image stabilisation — Optical or sensor-shift compensation for camera shake, allowing sharp handheld frames at slower shutter speeds.
• ISO — The setting that controls how strongly a sensor's signal is amplified, and so how much light an exposure needs.
• lens flare — Stray light scattered inside a lens, appearing as haze, streaks or a chain of coloured ghosts.
• long exposure — An exposure long enough for movement to record as a trail or a smear.