Wo rkflo Ws a n d P a r a m e t e r s CaPtUre formats Raw Files Rawcaptureissometimesreferredtoas"theultimate latent image" since raw files may be processed an infinite number of times in a variety of software applications. Of all the capture format options, raw files can provide the best image quality. The image qualityofolderfilescanbeimprovedbyreprocessing in newer and better software. These qualities are sig- nificantincontexttoarchiving.However,thepropri- etary and undocumented nature of most raw file formatsisproblematicbecauseeachcameramanufac- turer places its own secret spin on how the raw file is constructed.