Thanks, Godfrey. You've confirmed what I thought Lightroom was doing--I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't missing anything. I do have the compression preference set, and was a little surprised that the imported files weren't compressed.
I guess I'll go back to .pef's. --Mark Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >Lightroom will not compress DNGs on import if the source file is >already in DNG format. It just copies them to the destination you >target on import. (It will only copy when the source is a memory card, >not move or open in place, IIRC.) When LR exports DNG, they are >compressed DNG files. > >DNG Converter (and Camera Raw) will take uncompressed DNGs and output >them as compressed DNGs. > >Best thing to do with Pentax cameras is use RAW-PEF in camera to keep >the file size as small as possible on the memory card, then import >into Lightroom with on-the-fly conversion to DNG. Then they are stored >as compressed DNG files in the destination directory, if you have the >preferences set correctly as Bob suggests. > >Godfrey -- 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.
