> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Harman Bajwa > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: EOS RAW or JPG > > Correct me if I am wrong, but JPEG is all about "Lossy" > compression - the lower the compression quality, the higher > the loss of information in the picture (leading to artifacts, > etc.). Now at 100%, the loss may be minimal but there should > still be some compression - a difference which shoudl be > measureable by saving the same image as a bitmap (RGB - no > compression) and comparing the file sizes. The bitmap should > still be bigger than a 100% quality JPEG. > > - Harman >
I don't think comparing file sizes of JPG and BMP is really meaningful, because they are different formats, just as a spreadsheet saved in Excel format wouldn't necessarily be the same size as an identical spreadsheet in Lotus format. Tom P. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
