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Hi Dan
My understanding is as follows:
JPGs are 8 bit, which means that you have 256 levels for each colour, Red, Green and Blue. So, if you have a photo of a large expanse of blue sky, then you might get banding where there are insufficient tones to smoothly transition from the darkest blue to the lightest blue.
TIFs are 16 bit, so there are 4096 levels for each colour, giving smoother tones and transitions between the tones.
I’m not quite sure how this translates to publishing of the web where the image is viewed on a monitor?
Personally, I shoot in RAW all the time as that gives me the option to always have the original data, but also the ability to save as a JPG for the web.
Cheers
Dennis
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