File Size, different info for the same photo. How Come?

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Hello all

On Photoshop elements a photo (1600 x 1200) shows me a file size of 5.49 mega bytes in info. Canon Zoom Browser software tell s me the photo is 819 kilo bytes.

They can;t both be right, too huge a difference.

Please help.
 

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I suspect they're not looking at the same photo.

It could be that CZB is looking at a preview or thumbnail that's been created? Do you shoot raw+jpeg?

My suggestion would be to open the image in both bits of software. *usually* there's a "show file in Explorer" or something similar which will open an explorer window showing you the physical location of the file. I would expect each program to show you a different location.
 
Are they showing the same file type? The default on PS is usually tiff which can be much bigger than jpeg
 
I suspect that the image file is the larger figure when open in the app, and the smaller figure when stored on disc, if it's a jpg?
 
Compressed v. uncompressed sizes... Elements will show the uncompressed size.
 
PhilH04 said:
Compressed v. uncompressed sizes....
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This. The JPEG file is 819 kB of compressed data, but when it's uncompressed (as it must be to make it viewable) it occupies 5. 49 MB of memory. That implies a compression ratio of around 7:1, which is quite typical for high quality JPEGs.
 
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