Whoops! Yes, I did use compression- my carelessness ...compression was checked by default and I just left it that way. Didn't try an uncompressed conversion. I imagine that the results would then be similar to yours.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: David Savage > Oops, my mistake. You are of course right, it's the Adobe DNG Converter. <g> > > I was using version 2.3. I have now downloaded & installed the > current version. > > Just re-converted the 13.1 MB .pef file with the updated DNG > converter. Using the following preferences: > > Compression: No Compression > Image Conversion Method: Preserve Raw Image > Original Raw File: Not Embedded > > ...it's now down to a 11.9 MB .dng file (which is larger than the > conversion made with v2.3 using the same settings) > > Using lossless compression it goes down to 4.7 MB. If I embed the > original RAW file, with no compression, it goes up to 21 MB. > > Are you sure your not using compression? If not, I'd like to know how > you getting the converted files so small. > > Anyway at least my software is now up to date. Thanks for making me > check Shel. <g> > > It's getting late. I need sleep. > > Dave S > > On Apr 12, 2005 10:50 PM, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's odd ... > > > > I just converted about 10 PEF files ranging in size from 13099kb to 13637kb > > to uncompressed DNG format and got sizes from 4957kb to 6253kb, IOW, about > > 1/2 the size of the original files. Using Winzip 8.1 resulted in sizes > > similar to yours. > > > > How were you able to use the Adobe RAW converter to convert a PEF to a DNG? > > I used the DNG converter. > > > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: David Savage > > > > > Using Winzip 8.1, a single 13.1 MB *ist D .pef file compressed down to > > 8.5 MB. > > > > > > Converting the same .pef using the Adobe RAW converter, to an > > > uncompressed .dng resulted in a 11.8 MB file. > > > > > > >

