Quote Originally Posted by mjs1973
An image with a lot of detail is going to need more 1's and 0's to store all of that info. Compare that to an image with a huge section that is over exposed and blown out. There isn't any info in the blown out areas.
Is that true for the RAW main image? (Nikon doesn't use compressed RAW, do they?)The rendering software still needs to know if it was 255 or 0. I can see that there could be a big difference in the embedded jpg, but not the RAW itself. - Terry