You are on vacation with your family and have been nominated to be the family photographer. You have a 13.1 megapixel camera. What image file format should you use to save your photos in order to maximize image quality and minimize file space?

JPEG uses lossy compression, which keeps photo files relatively small while retaining good-looking image quality. RAW preserves the camera’s full image data, but its files are much larger; PNG is also usually larger for photographs, and GIF is limited in color. Therefore, JPEG best balances image quality and file space.

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