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Subject: [Leica] OT: Fuji X file sizes
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:58:20 -0500
References: <F4089BDF-D730-4E7F-903C-55C0C9AF5067@frozenlight.eu> <MS1f1o02707g8Sg01S1g5E>

I hadn't really looked either.  My X raw files are about 24-27 MB (not 
sure what causes the size differential), opening to 94MB Tiff's.   My 
Canon 5D MkII files are roughly the same raw size, but open to 120+ MB 
Tiff's.

Ken

On 7/2/2014 2:28 AM, Nathan Wajsman 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
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>
> YNWA
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