Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information