No Tiff file for E3?

[Teo]

Not sure why they don't have Tiff file recording for the E3 where most E series DSLR do have?

[bousozoku]

My guess is that they believe that RAW file processing has come to a point where it's no longer necessary to provide TIFF from the camera itself and that they could use the firmware space for something else.

[microcosm]

Yup. RAW converters today can generate TIFF files from RAW so easily. I stopped shooting in TIFF for a while now ever since RAW converter applications have improved so much.

[splim]

Originally Posted by bousozoku My guess is that they believe that RAW file processing has come to a point where it's no longer necessary to provide TIFF from the camera itself and that they could use the firmware space for something else.

Guess they used the firmware space for the code to compress the raw file.

[mactigasuku]

Originally Posted by Teo Not sure why they don't have Tiff file recording for the E3 where most E series DSLR do have?

TIFF files are not the most efficient use of storage space.

From here

Uncompressed TIFF 14.1 3 channels of 8 bits
Uncompressed 12-bit RAW 7.7 1 channel of 12 bits

Compressed TIFF 6.0 Lossless compression
Compressed 12-bit RAW 4.3 Nearly lossless compression

With RAW, you can process to TIFF if you so incline. In your PC where space is not as limited as the in-camera memory card. With TIFF, you can't make RAW so the answer is pretty clear here.

[mactigasuku]

Oh .... btw TIFF is not only missing in the E3, it is also missing in the E4/520 ....and also in the D3 .... and 1DsMk111 ..... hmmm .... wonder which camera still uses TIFF ....