"James B. Davis" <jbdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:55:53 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> > wrote/replied to: > >>Not exactly. I very much doubt the camera actually produces a TIFF >>format in memory before saving a JPEG; but it must of course produce a >>full-resolution bitmap in memory before saving a JPEG. This all takes >>place in the camera, not in the memory card; the memory card is >>nothing but storage space. > > On the 10d, the camera works in 12 bit and converts to RAW or JPG on > the fly and saves it on the CF card. Some cameras do save in TIF > though. And my RAW files are non-lossy compressed and come out to 6-7 > MB. Let's not confuse what they *save* in with what they work in internally, though. > When you choose fine or coarse JPG, you choose how lossy the JPG will > be saved. Fine JPG has very little compression, whereas coarse small > is compressed more and downsized. Lots going on in camera it seems. > > Which again is why I stick to RAW files only. I can shoot 9 in a row > and then I have to wait a couple of minutes to completely clear the > camera, but as soon as one is saved, I can shoot one more. I have > never hit the limit where I can't shoot. Oh, and if I am composing and > using the camera, the saving of all files stops temporarily, so it's > best to let the camera do it's thing if you don't really need to use > it to compose another, etc. That's one of the areas where the Fuji S2 has a better implemention than the Nikon D100; it continues saving while it does other things. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
