> > TIFFs are larger. Do we know for sure that TIFFs are reviewed directly or > is that another jpeg we see when we review the shot?
The in-camera TIFF format includes a smaller [160 x 120] TIFF thumbnail, but no JPEG. TIFFs are larger because 6MP of RGB pixels is 18MB of data. > > >From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: More Pentax RAW file discoveries > >Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:53:22 -0800 > > > >I find it interesting. Last night I was wondering how the camera > >deals with review when shooting raw. I didn't think that they would > >want to put the raw conversion code directly into firmware. So > >what you have discovered makes sense. Also accounts for the larger > >size of the raw image. > > > > > >Bruce > > > > > > > >Sunday, November 16, 2003, 12:20:08 PM, you wrote: > > > > > >JF> I've been poking around inside some RAW files, and discovered a couple > >JF> of interesting things (well, *I* think they're interesting, anyway). > > > >JF> For a start, there's not only the RAW data there; the file also > >includes > >JF> a couple of JPEG images. One of them is a thumbnail image (160 x 120). > >JF> [An odd size; that's 4x3 aspect ratio, not 3x2. Is that for tke LCD?]. > >JF> The other image, though, is a full-size (3008 x 2008) JPEG. It's > >pretty > >JF> highly compressed - only 1.5Mb or so in size - and the only reason I > >can > >JF> think of for it being there is for in-camera image review. > > > >JF> Apart from that, I've pretty much managed to parse the entire file. > >JF> The only part I haven't been able to fully identify is some MakerData > >JF> information inside the EXIF tag. This is humungous (around 56k!), so > >JF> who knows what's hidden inside there. I'm ignoring it for now; just > >JF> about everything useful I could think of is available as EXIF data. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Compare high-speed Internet plans, starting at $26.95. > https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.) >
