I apolize for having misspoken. I am now not sure of what I was thinking when I posted that. The raw files are 22MB and the "best" jpeg is 5.6MB (frame size is 5184 x 3456 pixels). Native resolution in the camera is 240dpi for raw files and 72dpi for jpeg.

Quote Originally Posted by kf0rt View Post
WTF, Albi...

A typical web representation of ANY photo shouldn't run much over 100-200 K. I run 1440x900 widescreen monitors here, and that's only about 1.3 megapixels if you bitmap every single pixel. 1080P Hi-Def video doesn't even hit 2 megapixels.

What are you doing that generates a 16MB jpeg file? I can guarantee that your camera isn't generating this. The SX-30 and D7000 here don't generate jpegs anywhere near this size, and I have to reduce them by a LOT to make them usable for web stuff.

Stats for the tripod (bolt and washer) shot I posted:

Taken with the SX-30:

Original was 4320x3240 (14 MP). Jpeg was 2.69 megabytes.

Cropped it and reduced the crop to 600x384. Added a bit of sharpening. Result was 70.9 KB.

Just wondering what you're doing to produce a 16MB jpeg...