King_Boru
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Morning all,
This is a just a quick one. Having read up on the format for a few weeks trying to find the bad sides to using it (couldnt find any) I decided to test convert my entire Aviation folder. I used Lightroom to convert it all, organize, edit and delete shots I didnt want. It has taken a couple of days, though quicker than using Aperture (might be system specs?). Once I had decided that all was done and I was happy I conducted my space spaving calculation.
For the techies a D200 .NEF RAW file is 15.5MB's in size. An Adobe .DNG (Lossless) converted file in a merge 5.5MB's in size. This is an approx space saving of %66.
Does it lose quality? In short, No. I converted a .NEF to a 300dpi, uncropped JPEG and did the same for the .DNG (same file). Zooming to %200 on both there is no difference, well, no difference as to what they eye can see.
What was the point of this test? Why did I do it? Major reason was to save space but the other was to get away from the propiertry format (.NEF). Having .CR2, .CRW and all sorts spread across the drive, to me, is pointless. Let them all be the same, let your converter/editer/organizer see them all as the same.
Small comparison in space requirments: RIAT 2007 folder prior to conversion was 6.0GB's. Post convertion it was just 1.2GB's.
Conclusion? If the top guns in the camera maker world decide to support this format from the time of capture we wouldnt have to invest hundreds of pounds into external/network/CD storage. I'm not saying that you shouldnt backup your files, you always should, just that you wont need those 1TB solutions that set you back £250 a pop.
Anyway, hope this has been of some help.
King.
EDIT What to do next is the question? Do I convert the entire library? (its a big library!)
This is a just a quick one. Having read up on the format for a few weeks trying to find the bad sides to using it (couldnt find any) I decided to test convert my entire Aviation folder. I used Lightroom to convert it all, organize, edit and delete shots I didnt want. It has taken a couple of days, though quicker than using Aperture (might be system specs?). Once I had decided that all was done and I was happy I conducted my space spaving calculation.
For the techies a D200 .NEF RAW file is 15.5MB's in size. An Adobe .DNG (Lossless) converted file in a merge 5.5MB's in size. This is an approx space saving of %66.
Does it lose quality? In short, No. I converted a .NEF to a 300dpi, uncropped JPEG and did the same for the .DNG (same file). Zooming to %200 on both there is no difference, well, no difference as to what they eye can see.
What was the point of this test? Why did I do it? Major reason was to save space but the other was to get away from the propiertry format (.NEF). Having .CR2, .CRW and all sorts spread across the drive, to me, is pointless. Let them all be the same, let your converter/editer/organizer see them all as the same.
Small comparison in space requirments: RIAT 2007 folder prior to conversion was 6.0GB's. Post convertion it was just 1.2GB's.
Conclusion? If the top guns in the camera maker world decide to support this format from the time of capture we wouldnt have to invest hundreds of pounds into external/network/CD storage. I'm not saying that you shouldnt backup your files, you always should, just that you wont need those 1TB solutions that set you back £250 a pop.
Anyway, hope this has been of some help.
King.
EDIT What to do next is the question? Do I convert the entire library? (its a big library!)
