Comments on: My First Look at the Nikon D200 http://www.digitalfieldguide.com/blog/452 Digital Photographs and Techniques from Harold Davis Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:23:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: rudib http://www.digitalfieldguide.com/blog/452#comment-21729 rudib Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:33:14 +0000 http://www.digitalfieldguide.com/blog/452#comment-21729 I'm sorry to say so, but I'm afraid the statement about the D70 doing no RAW compression is wrong. In fact, the D70 and D70s ALWAYS perform RAW compression. Thom Hogan (at http://www.bythom.com/currentdslr.htm) shows an overview of compression modes and options for various Nikon D-SLR's, and his D200 book explains in detail how that compression works (quite different from JEPG compression, in fact!). I had a D70 before having a D200, and the D200 RAW files in compressed mode are on average somewhat larger (from 8.5 to 10.5 MB) than the - by definition -compressed D70 files (usually 5.5 to 6 MB each). I turned RAW compression on my D200. That saves valuable space on the memory card, but unfortunately the counter of remaining exposures is completely incorrect in that case. This seems to be a know issue for Nikon users, and I hope a future firmware update will address this.... best, rudi I’m sorry to say so, but I’m afraid the statement about the D70 doing no RAW compression is wrong. In fact, the D70 and D70s ALWAYS perform RAW compression. Thom Hogan (at http://www.bythom.com/currentdslr.htm) shows an overview of compression modes and options for various Nikon D-SLR’s, and his D200 book explains in detail how that compression works (quite different from JEPG compression, in fact!).

I had a D70 before having a D200, and the D200 RAW files in compressed mode are on average somewhat larger (from 8.5 to 10.5 MB) than the - by definition -compressed D70 files (usually 5.5 to 6 MB each). I turned RAW compression on my D200. That saves valuable space on the memory card, but unfortunately the counter of remaining exposures is completely incorrect in that case. This seems to be a know issue for Nikon users, and I hope a future firmware update will address this….

best, rudi

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