Digital camera question

[bif]

I just got a Nikon D80. I have it set on the highest quality setting below RAW. And even though it's a 10 meg camera, the files are only around 3 megs. What's up with that?

[DS1]

1. These aren't the megs you're looking for

[suninvited]

2. Your camera is a 10 mega pixel.

Even with a small resolution you should end up with a larger file than 3 MB.

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/nikon/d80-review/

[NV Whino]

3. That's probably the compressed jpeg size

If you open it up in PhotoShop, you should find the size a lot larger.

[dysfunctional press]

4. i love my d80. you can hold the shutter release down and it's like having a speed-winder.

i was taking pictures for a charity golf outing the other day, and i could get off 3-4 pics in the time it took a golfer to swing and hit the ball from the time they'd start their backswing.

[Deja Q]

5. RAW mode still uses compression, albeit of exponentially higher quality.

If it was truly raw, you would not get much (an uncompressed 800x600 image is 1.44MB. Now imagine what a 4000x3000 image would be... :wow: 3 vs 6MB... plus EXIF information.)

DSLRs are the way to go -- far superior D-Range...