16-17MB.
That's 15MB of raw data (10mpix of 12-bit data), plus a low-
quality JPEG for preview, plus all the other metadata, etc.
I don't expect compression; it might save a few MB (based
on estimates with compressed DNGs), but I'm not sure there
is enough processing power available in-camera for this.
You may be right, but I sure hope not. Current non-D .PEF files
pack the 12-bits together is all, as others have mentioned. They also
include approx 1-1.4MB JPEG in the low-qual, full resolution... that makes
the 10MB size (12/8*6 + 1).
If everything scales up to 10, that'd be 15 MB or so. I think the
full-size JPEG should be selectable... i.e. make it full-quality
(RAW+JPEG), or remove the damn thing. Wasting 10-15% on *every* picture
for a useless JPEG is irritating. Put lossless compression on it, and the
size is reduced by another 50-75%.
Just for a point of comparison, the Canon lossless .cr2 on a
friend's RebelXT makes 8.2 MPixel RAW files between 6.2-10MB, averaging
about 7.2MB over 1500 shots. So, getting 10MB RAW files should be doable.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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