> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:22:10 -0000
> From: "Bob Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: EOS 1.6x multiplier of D30
>
> > Those 8.9 MB are uncompressed. Tiffs will most assuredly
> > be readable for a long time to come, but that is not
> > so sure for any compression algorithm.
> >
> Ah yes: fully agree.
>
> But I was thinking "in the field" where in-camera
> storage is still a real constraint and just buying
> more and more digital media just to carry it home
> is the only real option.
Right. But I have the 1 GB MicroDrive, and you need to
press hard in order to fill it up. Did so once before only,
but have ordered another one.
> With TIFFs the degree of compression down does depend
> on the scene (it uses run-length encoding right).
No, LZW as far as I understand.
> The opimum workflow to me would be to keep the images
> in as small a form as possible till I got them downloaded.
Without losing information - that's Canon RAW.
--
Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.photoquack.de
Verkaufe: Canon Speedlite 540 EZ, 440 DM;
Canon Speedlite 200 E, 70 DM
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