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    While I was in a bird hide today I got into a conversation with a chap with a 7D plus 600mm plus 1.4 converter. As we were attempting to take photos of a small bird some distance away the conversation including the necessity to crop images of small subjects. He stated that he never cropped but "compressed" to preserve pixels. Now I know about resampling but that is not compressing. Has anybody any idea what he was talking about?

    David
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    Re: Compressing images.

    Not possible, I think he probably chooses the option in in the 7 D to use a sensor crop which in the Raw format is • 5184 x 3456• 3888 x 2592• 2592 x 1728.

    It is still cropping giving a narrower angle of view, just that it is at the sensor level rather than post cropping but by no stretch of the imagination can it be called compressing.
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    • #3
      Re: Compressing images.

      Storage is so cheap now - so I'm not sure why the subject even came up...

      Ian
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      • #4
        Re: Compressing images.

        Why "preserve pixels" that have no interest and that you're never going to use eg a surrounding amorphous mass of background?

        Jim

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        • #5
          Re: Compressing images.

          Originally posted by David Morison View Post
          Has anybody any idea what he was talking about?David
          No idea at all.. did he know what he was talking about???
          Look, I'm an old man. I shouldn't be expected to put up with this.


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          • #6
            Re: Compressing images.

            Originally posted by snaarman View Post
            No idea at all.. did he know what he was talking about???
            Probably not, but I must have looked gullible. Must try to look more unapproachable in hides!

            David
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              Re: Compressing images.

              Originally posted by David Morison View Post
              While I was in a bird hide today I got into a conversation with a chap with a 7D plus 600mm plus 1.4 converter. As we were attempting to take photos of a small bird some distance away the conversation including the necessity to crop images of small subjects. He stated that he never cropped but "compressed" to preserve pixels. Now I know about resampling but that is not compressing. Has anybody any idea what he was talking about?

              David
              The only thing I can think of would be saving TIFF files using the loss-less compression option. Of course this doesn't crop the image.

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                Re: Compressing images.

                Originally posted by Jim Ford View Post
                Why "preserve pixels" that have no interest and that you're never going to use eg a surrounding amorphous mass of background?

                Jim
                Having shot for publication for 30+ years I very rarely crop and when I do it's never more than 20% of the frame leaving lot's of pixels to play with.

                If I can't get a usable subject size I don't bother taking the shot.
                It's the image that's important, not the tools used to make it.

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                • #9
                  Re: Compressing images.

                  Originally posted by David M View Post
                  Having shot for publication for 30+ years I very rarely crop and when I do it's never more than 20% of the frame leaving lot's of pixels to play with.

                  If I can't get a usable subject size I don't bother taking the shot.
                  A good reason for getting a longer lens, or a full frame monster megapixel beast.
                  I think that is good advice but I guess that many of us still take the shot!
                  Dave

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                  • #10
                    Re: Compressing images.

                    Originally posted by David Morison View Post
                    Must try to look more unapproachable in hides!
                    It doesn't work. I while working in central London the other day I went out to collect my lunch and was asked where the bank was and how to get to the Ethiopian Embassy. I work hard on my scowl but I was rumbled twice in quick succession!

                    I use compression: JPEG, and Olympus are the best.

                    Nick
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