Re: Digital Camera question

In article <Bf1$$6AVNciDFwGQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Oz
<URL:mailto:Oz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Derek Moody <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >In article <e+DoXrWP2YiDFwmO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Oz
> >
> >1mb jpegs are pointless. Either keep the original or compress it to sub
> >100k. Otoh it's sensless to discard detail before you have even reviewed
> >the shot so keep and work on the high-res tiff. When it's ready compress it
> >if that's suitable to its purpose.
>
> You are a prat and actually don't know what you are talking about.

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> Take a typical picture and apply various stages of compression (as I
> have done, and just did to check) and you might get a clue.
>
> >Of course they couldn't - but the difference between a tiff and any of those
> >jpegs is the difference that matters.
>
> Frankly very little indeed, in fact you can have a .jpg with zero
> compression.

You can. It's larger than the equivalent bitmap file and without any other
advantage though...

>
> >Rule #1: Jpegs are for final versions only.
>
> You haven't a clue.

I know what Picture Editors and Printers want. I've seen the result of
printing a magazine cover from a jpeg :-(

Cheerio,

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