ND70

Mike McCarty · 01-08-2005, 03:23 PM

John,

The image posted just above was shot at JPEG, FINE, LARGE, this produces an 3008 x 2000 pixel image. This setting is just below the largest RAW file setting which produces a much larger file.

The difference in file size is substantial. For my purposes the large JPEG file is sufficient. I rarely work from anything larger than an 8x10 sized print.

I think if I knew that I was going to shoot a limited number of poses, in a studio type setting, which might tend to reduce the number of exposures, I would consider shooting the larger RAW file. I just don't like to have to trudge through 150+ images that are so large. I often times create 2,3,4 auxiliary images from each one I'm considering.

Opinions vary.

John Reidy · 01-08-2005, 03:43 PM

I'm guessing that at that format you can expect to get about 70 exposures on one card. Does that sound right?

Mike McCarty · 01-08-2005, 03:52 PM

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I'm guessing that at that format you can expect to get about 70 exposures on one card. Does that sound right?

John,

That's close if you're using a 256K card. My camera indicates 72 image possibilities when I use a 256K card. I find though that the camera is using a worst case scenario to get this number. Some images take up more space than others. So, I find that in reality I can get well over 100.

That 72 becomes a 23 when you set the image to RAW.

Michele Rushworth · 01-08-2005, 06:11 PM

I also shoot with my D70 at the largest JPEG file format, like Mike. I haven't the software/time to learn how to manipulate the RAW files when I do so much in Photoshop with my JPEG files.

John Reidy · 01-09-2005, 09:56 AM

Thanks for the input. I feel reluctant to use jpg format because every time you save, you further compress the file. I may try the large jpg format and once on the computer, convert to a TIFF. Or I may choose to use a second memory card (512k?).

I still haven't purchased the camera yet but plan on soon and am trying to iron out as many questions as possible before I crack open my wallet.

Thanks again for all of your advice. This forum has been a blessing.

John

Michele Rushworth · 01-09-2005, 11:47 AM

I have two 512 MB memory cards with room for about 175 large, high quality JPEG images on each. I don't often shoot more than that in a day, but I have the second card as a backup. (I've had two of these CF-type memory cards completely fail on me and become unreadable without warning. Still don't know exactly why that happened.)

Once the images have been transferred to my computer, I store one set on my hard drive to work with and one set on a CD that gets put away and not touched.

I don't save and resave the JPEG images that are on my computer, though, so the issue of re-compression is not a problem. I keep one unchanged copy of each photo and I save any edited versions with a different file name, usually as Photoshop PSD file because by then they usually have many layers.

Yes, I use a lot of CD's to archive the images, and I had to upgrade my hard drive last year too, but those things don't cost much.

Mike McCarty · 01-09-2005, 11:50 AM

Michele,

Were your memory card failures in connection with your D70?

Michele Rushworth · 01-09-2005, 12:05 PM

No, they were with my old Minolta, and franky, I think I may have caused the problem myself by not waiting long enough after accessing or storing an image before turning off the camera. At least I hope that was the reason, so I can avoid that problem in the future!