How does your camera store RAW

[chugmeister]

Well I figured out why my camera (Sony F828) has such a long lag in RAW mode. The obvious reason is that the RAW files are 16Mb. What I didn't notice at first is that it is also saving the 3Mb JPG as well. So each picture is writing 19 Mb. Trying to figure out now if I can turn that off some how. What's the purpose of the full size JPG?

How does your camera shoot in RAW mode? Similar to mine?

 

[pete340]

Well I figured out why my camera (Sony F828) has such a long lag in RAW mode. The obvious reason is that the RAW files are 16Mb. What I didn't notice at first is that it is also saving the 3Mb JPG as well. So each picture is writing 19 Mb. Trying to figure out now if I can turn that off some how. What's the purpose of the full size JPG?

How does your camera shoot in RAW mode? Similar to mine?

Mine has that option, but I don't use it. I assume it's there so that you can also look at the pictures directly from the card with a device that doesn't know your raw format.

 

[chugmeister]

Mine has that option, but I don't use it. I assume it's there so that you can also look at the pictures directly from the card with a device that doesn't know your raw format.

Hopefully I will have the option as well to turn it off.

 

[pete340]

Hopefully I will have the option as well to turn it off.

Yeah. On mine, it's just one of the format selections. Selecting the format cycles through large JPG, medium JPG, small JPG, raw, and raw plus JPG.

 

[fdog]

If you work in a day-to-day production environment (like a newspaper) the RAW is rarely used. It's much quicker to use a jpg. Most that use RAW+JPG (I'll confess I'm one) have the RAW just for making a nice copy later if it's worthy of a portfolio.

So that's a reason, for your camera it's more likely as pete340 said.

All the best, James