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thetravelingstach posted an update in the group QUESTION TIME?: 12y, 4mo ago
Hey guys! I’ve been recently looking to submit my photography to some digital image licensing companies and I keep coming across a consistent requirement that the images be at least 48mgs and preferably TIFF files. Have you A) Come across this? B) Have any insight into storing files that big, en mass, while out on the road? I do a lot of travel photography in some remote places — usually 3 – 8 weeks at a time — and at 48mgs a piece, it seems like I’d be blowing through SDHC cards (in places where I can’t just buy more cards). Anyways, I’m just looking to take my photography in a more professional direction and am looking for pointers. I’ll post this in the Light Stalking Group as well. Thank you in advance!
Sounds like massive upload time.
RAW files are generally about the same # of pixels as your sensor size (i.e. 15 megapixel = 15MB file size).
TIFF fies are kind of the “lingua franca” (if I spelled that correctly) of the publishing world.
I am not familiar with the process or the reasons for the following: When you save an image as a TIFF it is MUCH larger than the RAW file, sizes of 100MB are not uncommon.
Best of luck! 🙂