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0 pointssib5y ago0 comments

These days, 15GB of photos is pretty close to nothing. If I go on a trip for a week to take pictures, I can easily shoot 50-100GB of images. (Using my full-frame DSLR, shooting in raw, average image size is over 50MB, meaning < 20 images per GB).

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bootlooped5y ago

I don't think I'm making too many assumptions when I say RAW photos from a DSLR being uploaded to Google Photos is not anywhere near the intended use-case.

However I still agree that 15GB of photos is pretty close to nothing these days.

sibOP5y ago

Well... their own marketing does say:

"A home for all your photos and videos"

and they have a blog post titled:

"Easy Wi-Fi backup from your Canon camera to Google Photos"

in which they say

"you can choose to automatically transfer original quality photos to Google Photos"

bootlooped5y ago

Interesting, I didn't know there was a camera that could do it directly. I always did want that for my Sony a6000. But for jpeg, not raw. After sitting in front of Lightroom for hours upon tedious hours adjusting vacation pics, I will never shoot in raw again.

google2341235y ago

You should use compression to not use so much space.

sibOP5y ago

These photos are compressed.

The uncompressed raw files (or TIFF) are much bigger.

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bootlooped5y ago

I don't think I'm making too many assumptions when I say RAW photos from a DSLR being uploaded to Google Photos is not anywhere near the intended use-case.

However I still agree that 15GB of photos is pretty close to nothing these days.

sibOP5y ago

Well... their own marketing does say:

"A home for all your photos and videos"

and they have a blog post titled:

"Easy Wi-Fi backup from your Canon camera to Google Photos"

in which they say

"you can choose to automatically transfer original quality photos to Google Photos"

bootlooped5y ago

google2341235y ago

You should use compression to not use so much space.

sibOP5y ago

These photos are compressed.

The uncompressed raw files (or TIFF) are much bigger.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse