5D mkII - Typical size of RAW files?

gloobag · 10-02-2009 5:48pm #1

So, I'll soon have a 5D mkII winging it's way to me and I'm just wondering if any of the mkII owners here can tell me what the average size of their RAW files at full resolution are? Trying to figure out if I need to upgrade my CF card. I currently have a 16Gb card, does me fine with the 50D which gives me files of about 20Mb.

Cheers. . .

SemperFidelis · 10-02-2009 6:20pm

I get almost 300 raw files on an 8gig card.

AnimalRights · 10-02-2009 6:23pm

funnily enough I'm in work browsing thru yesterdays shots and they range from 21mb to a whopping 29mb!
On average they are between 24-26mb.
I've gotten away with my 8gb card so far but want to have a stable of 5-6 cards, hoping they'll go down in price a bit..

gloobag · 10-02-2009 6:36pm

Cheers lads, looks like the 16Gb will do me so. I have a couple of 4Gb as backup anyways. Can't wait to get me hands on the damn thing

AnimalRights · 10-02-2009 7:36pm

If you're in Dublin stoneybatter area at 10.30am you can have an on hands preview of mine, me and a lady friend will be having a pint in that area!

Fajitas! · 10-02-2009 7:57pm

PM surely? :pac:

AnimalRights · 10-02-2009 8:01pm

Don't call me Surely!

gloobag · 10-02-2009 8:06pm

Cheers for the offer, but I'm at the other end of the Country

Answer me this though, is it all it's cracked up to be, do you reckon I'll notice much of a difference compared to the 50D? Besides the whole full frame thing of course. My main reason for buying is for it's high ISO capabilites.

You start your boozin' early don't ya

AnimalRights · 10-02-2009 9:19pm

B4 I got the 5D II I had and still retain the 40D, main diff between that and the 50D is the LCD screen and mpixels, ISO wise they're like for llike.
So when u get the 5D II to me the best feature after the ISO (which will blow u away) is the viewfinder,it's amazing on a FF, it's at the stage where I hate going back to my 40D and the 1 time I had too (drunken trip away) I felt I could c fck all out of it's viewfinder!
FF is great in so many ways, I really feel as if it has helped me progress as a photographer,wait til you see how diff ur exsisting lens will operate!
Back to the ISO and 3200 is totally useable and 6400 is fairly useable.
Sorry 4 shorthand but in work on iPhone.

houseoffun14 · 10-02-2009 9:23pm

Another thing you may want to consider is adding extra Hard drive space. When converted from RAW to 16bit tiff files they come in at a whopping 120MB!!

gloobag · 10-02-2009 11:43pm

Hard Drive space isn't an issue. My PC is a bit of a home brew job and currently has about 5Tb of storage. I likes to download

5D mkII - Typical size of RAW files?

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