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03/25/2006 04:44:46 PM · #1 |
I've had my 20D for a month or so now, and I've shot RAW the whole time. It's never occurred to me, but the files seem a little light so to speak.
I thought the RAW CR2 files were going to be approximately 8.7 MB, certainly ~8.2MB. But, I've only had files from about 6.6MB to 7.2MB, a far cry from these other figures.
What gives?
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03/25/2006 04:47:15 PM · #2 |
It depends on the dynamic range of your image. If you shoot a gray card in raw, the file should not be bigger than 1-2MB. If you shoot something that has full range of colors, the size should go up in the 7-8-9 MB range.
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03/25/2006 04:48:49 PM · #3 |
Makes sense. But I've shot some pretty colorful full range images, still no dice.
Maybe some of the parameters?
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03/25/2006 04:54:39 PM · #4 |
No, nothing else affects raw size (all parameters are affecting the jpg only).
I skimmed through my images, and 90% is in the range 6.5-7.5 MB. The biggest I ran into was 9.9MB, and that was a shot of two old ladies in the Dallas Zoo, with a pretty colorful tree in the background. I may post the image soon so you can compare it to yours. |
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03/25/2006 04:56:05 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by srdanz:
No, nothing else affects raw size (all parameters are affecting the jpg only).
I skimmed through my images, and 90% is in the range 6.5-7.5 MB. The biggest I ran into was 9.9MB, and that was a shot of two old ladies in the Dallas Zoo, with a pretty colorful tree in the background. I may post the image soon so you can compare it to yours. |
That'd be great! I guess I'm barking up the wrong tree here. Thought maybe my camera was crippled or something. (Shucks, it must be me STILL!)
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03/25/2006 04:57:21 PM · #6 |
Here:9.9MB raw file:
Edit to add: just raw conversion (CS2 picked auto settings), image resize and save for web, not even a USM.)
Message edited by author 2006-03-25 16:58:14. |
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03/25/2006 06:53:04 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by srdanz:
...snip...
I skimmed through my images, and 90% is in the range 6.5-7.5 MB. The biggest I ran into was 9.9MB. |
Mine are all in the same range as this. Just today I downloaded some photos of some bright pink trees blooming, and they were in the 9MB range, but that is not typical. For what I shoot, 5-7MB is typical. |
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