Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/21

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Subject: [Leica] TB drives and digital realities
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Sat Oct 21 20:10:11 2006
References: <C1604E44.17498%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <000501c6f585$1e84e840$6501a8c0@asus930>

I should have said DNG files (which really are just a common RAW format)

The DMR spits out 20mb DNGs per shot. Those are what I keep.

Eric


On 10/21/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> B.D. for my education on RAW and DNG, is it correct that you can opt to
> preserve the RAW file unconverted within the DNG as well? I
> guess that means that you wouldn't get the file size advantage though?
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:
> lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> B. D. Colen
> Sent: Sunday, 22 October 2006 12:23
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] TB drives and digital realities
>
> Terabyte, petabyte, or mosquito byte, I'd still advise converting those
> RAW
> files to Adobe DNGs and tossing the RAWs. I use the DNG converter to bring
> files from my CF cards onto my hard drive - the RAW files never darken my
> computer's door. My RAW files are around 11 meg, and the DNG files - using
> a
> lossless compression - are about 4 meg, which no matter what your drive
> size, allows for the storage of allot more files.
>
>
> On 10/21/06 9:50 PM, "Eric Korenman" <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > just an observation in awe.
> >
> > I just bought a Terabyte drive from Western Digital.
> > Seems those 20mb RAW files eat up space like nuts.
> > For awhile I was tossing the RAWs after editing and converting the
> keepers
> > to level 9 JPEGS.
> > It soon became clear that this is like making prints and then burning
> your
> > negatives.
> >
> > Just amazed that we can buy a terabyte drive for under $500.
> > I am sure I will laugh 5 years from now when talk of 50 or 100 TB is
> common.
> > Anyone care for a Petabyte Drive?
> >
> > Eric
> >
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In reply to: Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] TB drives and digital realities)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] TB drives and digital realities)