You have no idea how helpful this email is! My manual is in Japanese, and I was wondering how to use the different file options. I assume LMS is the file size, and the number of stars indicates the level of compression used?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Heiko Hamann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 September 2003 13:46 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Any more *istD questions? > > > Hi cbwaters, > > on 10 Sep 03 you wrote in pentax.list: > > >Just how larger are files from each of the quality settings? > > The size did also depend on the motiv (a blank of paper might be > compressed more that a landscape). Most pictures were between > 1.5 and > 2.9 MB. The following figures show a very complex picture - > those sizes > were very seldom, but it is the only picture where I did a > comparison of > the quality levels. So don`t look to much at the absolute > picture sizes > but the relations. > > > L *** 4.4MB > ** 2.9MB > * 1.2MB > > M *** 2.1MB > ** 1.2MB > * 0.9MB > > S *** 1.1MB > ** 0.7MB > * 0.5MB > > TIF *** 17.3MB > ** 11.0MB > * 4.6MB > > RAW 13.0MB > > Please keep my introduction in mind. We had also pictures > > Cheers, Heiko > >

