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Question. Coming from D7200 with more MP I wonder why the (NEF) file size increased from ~30MB /D7200 to ~41MB /D500
The D500 has several options for shooting NEF's, each of which will affect the file size:
  • Compressed / Lossless Compressed / Uncompressed;
  • 12-bit / 14-bit;
  • Large / Medium / Small.
 
Question. Coming from D7200 with more MP I wonder why the (NEF) file size increased from ~30MB /D7200 to ~41MB /D500
The D500 has several options for shooting NEF's, each of which will affect the file size:
  • Compressed / Lossless Compressed / Uncompressed;
  • 12-bit / 14-bit;
  • Large / Medium / Small.
To alter the Raw file settings: Menu > Photo shooting Menu > NEF (RAW) recording.

I use Lossless compression at 14 bits which gives NEF files of around 23 MB. There is no "Large/Medium/Small" setting for NEF.
 
Question. Coming from D7200 with more MP I wonder why the (NEF) file size increased from ~30MB /D7200 to ~41MB /D500
The D500 has several options for shooting NEF's, each of which will affect the file size:
  • Compressed / Lossless Compressed / Uncompressed;
  • 12-bit / 14-bit;
  • Large / Medium / Small.
To alter the Raw file settings: Menu > Photo shooting Menu > NEF (RAW) recording.

I use Lossless compression at 14 bits which gives NEF files of around 23 MB. There is no "Large/Medium/Small" setting for NEF.
Page 95 in the D500 Manual confirms that Large, Medium and Small options are offered for NEF images. Medium and Small options will be in 12-bit Lossless Compressed only.
 
Question. Coming from D7200 with more MP I wonder why the (NEF) file size increased from ~30MB /D7200 to ~41MB /D500
The D500 has several options for shooting NEF's, each of which will affect the file size:
  • Compressed / Lossless Compressed / Uncompressed;
  • 12-bit / 14-bit;
  • Large / Medium / Small.
To alter the Raw file settings: Menu > Photo shooting Menu > NEF (RAW) recording.

I use Lossless compression at 14 bits which gives NEF files of around 23 MB. There is no "Large/Medium/Small" setting for NEF.
Thanks. Is there a penalty to switching to lossless IQ wise. From what I read there is not but wonder what Uncompressed is good for then? :-)
 
Question. Coming from D7200 with more MP I wonder why the (NEF) file size increased from ~30MB /D7200 to ~41MB /D500
The D500 has several options for shooting NEF's, each of which will affect the file size:
  • Compressed / Lossless Compressed / Uncompressed;
  • 12-bit / 14-bit;
  • Large / Medium / Small.
To alter the Raw file settings: Menu > Photo shooting Menu > NEF (RAW) recording.

I use Lossless compression at 14 bits which gives NEF files of around 23 MB. There is no "Large/Medium/Small" setting for NEF.
Thanks. Is there a penalty to switching to lossless IQ wise. From what I read there is not but wonder what Uncompressed is good for then?
Lossless Compressed is just that - there is no loss of image data due to compression.
 

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