Paul, The variation is in the included JPEG preview.
-Adam On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:24 AM, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My RAW DNG files, which I believe are uncompressed, typically vary from > about 22.8 megabytes to 23.5 megabytes. > Paul > On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > >> On Nov 10, 2008, at 9:59, ann sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> Charles Robinson wrote: >>> >>>> On Nov 9, 2008, at 18:26, Walter Hamler wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yesterday while shooting the air show I was down to 60 odd shots when >>>>> the Blue Angels started their performance. I had a second card in my >>>>> pocket, but when the show was over I still had images left, but I >>>>> don't know how many. I didn't run out and I didn't check the counter. >>>>> When I uploaded the images the PSE7 Organizer said I had 247 new >>>>> images. Not believing it, I counted and there were indeed 247 images. >>>>> As that is about 80 more than it told me I had, is that normal? >>>> >>>> >>>> Totally normal. If the image is compressible, it's the complexity of >>>> the image which dictates just how much it can be crunched down. >>> >>> It applies to raw files too - but maybe that is obvious . (low techy >>> moi) and CF cards. >>> >> >> Compressed RAW files, yeah. I would wager that if you are saving in a >> non-compressed format (I don't remember which is which) they would all be >> the exact same size! >> >>>> >>>> When I shot a concert a couple nights ago (which I do in JPEG), the >>>> card stated that I had about 380 images or so to go on my 2gig card when >>>> I >>>> started. But I ended up putting 897 images on the card, with space for >>>> 30-40 more left over. A lot of black space = smaller images. >>>> >>>> -Charles >>> >>> Or a lot of white or any color area that lacks detail, yes? (all other >>> things being equal). >>> >> >> Yes. Agree. Lot of white, lot of sky - anything which is a lot of the >> same value (and, I'd guess, contiguous - but I don't know that for sure). >> >> -Charles >> >> -- >> Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Minneapolis, MN >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
