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Subject: [Leica] OT: Fuji X file sizes
From: gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:05:56 +0100
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Nathan

there is a difference between previews, and smart previews. Just make sure 
you have not got the smart preview box ticked on the import dialog screen.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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On 2 Jul 2014, at 18:04, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Yes, I am generating 1:1 previews in LR, but I do that also with my Leica 
> files.
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> Nevertheless, as others have also reported large size like me, I am just 
> going to shrug my shoulders and get on with taking pictures.
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> Thanks to everyone for chiming in!
> 
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> YNWA
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> On Jul 2, 2014, at 6:07 PM, Gerry Walden wrote:
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>> Nathan
>> 
>> I have checked a number of mine and they are all around the 18mb size 
>> give or take maybe 0.5mb. I have no idea what is going on there at all. 
>> Are you embedding smart preview at full size into the .dng file?
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> www.gwpics.com
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>> On 2 Jul 2014, at 08:28, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have only had my Fuji X-Pro 1 for a couple of years, so those of you 
>>> who know my indifference towards technical details will not be surprised 
>>> that I discovered only this week that the DNG pictures (once converted 
>>> from RAW by Lightroom) from the Fuji are huge, 50-60 MB. This compares 
>>> to the Leica M8 at around 7-8 MB. I shoot RAW only (i.e. no RAW+JPG, 
>>> pure RAW for me thank you), and while I suppose the X-Pro 1 has more 
>>> megapixels than the M8, I don't think it is that many more.
>>> 
>>> Have others who have the Fuji X cameras noticed the same thing?
>>> 
>>> Good thing storage is cheap these days.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>> 
>>> YNWA
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