Mine, also.

Jack


--- On Mon, 11/10/08, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Question on SD Card Capacity
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 8:24 AM
> 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
> > 
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> > 
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