hardywang
05-11-2008, 08:21 AM
I just bought my A200 and use RAW format to save data.
One interesting thing is that each picture I took has different file size (even though they have same dimension).
Canuck935
05-13-2008, 08:05 AM
I just bought my A200 and use RAW format to save data.
One interesting thing is that each picture I took has different file size (even though they have same dimension).
That's correct. Dark pictures have less information per pixel than bright pictures. So photo's that are bright or have a lot of bright and shiny area's will have a lot more data (thus larger file size) than photo's with lots of shadow or dark/underexposed area's. This is why you will hear a lot of people talk about "shooting to the right." That means they are trying to stack their histograms to the right (more exposure/brighter) without overexposing. By doing that, they are maximizing the data being captured which will allow them the most flexibility in post process.
hardywang
05-13-2008, 05:25 PM
Isn't RAW supposed to be uncompressed format? Does Sony change algorithm to compress RAW?
I have another Canon camea, all RAW pictures are exactly same size.
Canuck935
05-13-2008, 06:43 PM
Each manufacturer handles RAW files in a proprietary way. Maybe the Canon RAW files save data as "zeroes" and the Sony tosses out the "zeroes" to minimize file size?.. Who knows?.. What I can tell you for sure having owned the a100 and now the a700 that Sony RAW files do indeed differ in size depending on the image.