620 file size

What is the typical file size for an E-620 LF jpeg? Mine seem to average around 5 meg which seems a little small.

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ghebb said:

What is the typical file size for an E-620 LF jpeg? Mine seem to average around 5 meg which seems a little small.

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Large Superfine files are typically 7.5-9MB. If you want 'em that big, you'll need to change your setting.

But I suspect you only using fine and not superfine.

This is going to seem like a very newbie question, but how do you set it to superfine? I only see the option for Large Fine.

It's in the Config Menu (Gears icon) then menu G. Page 2, option #1 (the resolution icon) Set.

Also described here (Compression Set)

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse620/page11.asp

ghebb said:

This is going to seem like a very newbie question, but how do you set it to superfine? I only see the option for Large Fine.

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Check the manual, page 104 under "Set."

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ghebb said:

What is the typical file size for an E-620 LF jpeg? Mine seem to average around 5 meg which seems a little small.

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With my E-30, the LF JPEGs vary between about 3 MB and 6 MB depending on the 'complexity' of the subject photographed. The very small ones have large areas of the same colour, for example. The large ones have considerable detail and colour gradation (e.g. a car headlight).

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I am a fairly technically savy, but I have to say that it took me quite awhile to figure this out. Why the #$W would olympus hide the cogs menu by default? And why would they not have super fine as one of the default options.

Now that I have the cogs menu on and have enabled super fine, I think I will be ok. Sometimes I miss the simplicity of my old e-500

Thanks again for your advice.

Greg

ghebb said:

I am a fairly technically savy, but I have to say that it took me quite awhile to figure this out. Why the #$W would olympus hide the cogs menu by default? And why would they not have super fine as one of the default options.

Now that I have the cogs menu on and have enabled super fine, I think I will be ok. Sometimes I miss the simplicity of my old e-500

Thanks again for your advice.

Greg

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Same issue here, Greg. This thread reminded me of something I'd noticed and meant to look up on my E-30. I didn't even realize superfine was an option...I just thought I'd picked the best it had to offer. Doh!

G'day again Greg

ghebb said:

I am a fairly technically savy, but I have to say that it took me quite awhile to figure this out.

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Join the club ...

ghebb said:

Why the #$W would olympus hide the cogs menu by default?

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To make it "easier" for people? Who knows? The camera makers all do some very strange things ... Olympus is no exception.

ghebb said:

And why would they not have super fine as one of the default options.

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I think that this is to make it hard to change accidentally. The E-620/30 are among the most customisable cameras ever made. Certainly at this sort of price point ...

ghebb said:

Now that I have the cogs menu on and have enabled super fine, I think I will be ok. Sometimes I miss the simplicity of my old e-500

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My E-1 is the same as your E-500 in that regard. BUT one can still induce a colour cast by the simple misapplication of one menu pick ...

ghebb said:

Thanks again for your advice.

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You are more than welcome, mate. Many here have helped all of us, we just try to reciprocate the favour, as and when we can ...

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Well fer cryin' out loud: SF is in the same menu on my 520!!! Wish I'd known that, oh, about a year ago when I got it. I've gone as far as 11x14 on prints under the old settings and been reasonably satisfied. Now I have to shoot some more and pixel peep all over again.

If it makes you feel better, I shot L-F for about 3 months before figuring out there is a L-SF option! I do not shot raw; it is too much work for me and one of the reasons I got Olympus is its outstanding jpg.

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If it makes you feel better, I shot L-F for about 3 months before figuring out there is a L-SF option! I do not shot raw; it is too much work for me and one of the reasons I got Olympus is its outstanding jpg.

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It makes me feel better...a little. I toyed around with RAW files for awhile but gave up on it. Like you, I noted that Oly jpegs are well regarded, so that was a reason for going this direction in the first place. I've started comparing...at 2x the MP, yeah, definitely an improvement.