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Was the Uncompressed RAW feature been removed?

(Topic created: 01-27-2024 12:18 PM)
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UltimaGaina
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Can someone clarify why the Samsung S20 series (including S24U) stopped generating uncompressed RAW files sometime in Q1 2023?
 
In Pro mode, we now have JPEG compression in a DNG container. It is a 12-bit JPEG.
 
Expert RAW has the same JPEG compression (on 16 bits, probably because of HDR) for S22U and S23U, while on S24U it shows as "Unknown (52546)" compression. According to an article I found on Samsung India, it is said that this is a new JPEG XL compression.
 
Why not offer the option to get again (as we had before Q1 2023) truly uncompressed mosaiced RAW, which works with the Lightroom Denoise AI algorithm, instead of the current demosaiced compressed Linear RAW, which doesn't.
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rawshooter
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Galaxy S24

This now has been edited and everything mentioning Bluetooth removed.

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UltimaGaina
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Galaxy S24
Another blunder. Thanks.
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rawshooter
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I'm going to do one final test on the S25U and than it's time to move to the X15U: 1" sensor, 50MP raw and tele cameras with native raw support.

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