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Tommy Williams

I take it you embed the original CR2 inside the DNG?

I am still trying to decide whether (when I get my 5D MkII) to switch from storing the CR2 files to storing DNGs. And, if I choose to do that, whether to embed the original CR2 files. It is a big storage hit to do that but, on the other hand, storage is by far the cheapest part of the digital photography workflow, even when stored in triplicate (I keep three copies as well--4 for recent photos just because I tend to go back to those more frequently--but all on hard drives).

Doug Plummer

Believe it or not, that's the file size without the embedded RAW. Embedding it increases it yet again by the original size of the raw file. I'm not compressing it however (I worry about decompressing it years hence), and I include the full size jpg.

Les Richardson

I think it's time to go back to those 3.2 Megapixel Canon point and shoots. Otherwise your life will be consumed by data management! (grin). It's sort of like those folks who can't help buying stuff and their life is consumed by looking after it..... oh.... that's us!

FG

Do you use separate hard drives or those multi-drawer "hot swappable" bays?

thx

Doug Plummer

I have two 4-bay "Burly Boxes" filled with 1tb drives, plus the four in the computer (also 1tb). I don't know about the "hot swappable" part, as the Mac OS yells at me if I try and do that. This is my on-line archive. I also copy onto internal hard drives in a single bay eSata box, and those live offsite.

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