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Re:Decentralized platform for photo sales and photo sharing,... by jheriko on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:32AM (#12531271)
are you sure .PNG doesn't contain enough data to reconstruct a RAW file? I'm not...
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Re:Decentralized platform for photo sales and photo sharing,... by throwawayReply on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:38AM (#12531320)
Given that RAW can have 32 bits per channel and PNG only 16 bits per channel, it must be possible* to construct two different RAW files which render to the same PNG.

*Possible in the mathematical sense, it may not be practical.

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