via the lens wrote:
How about Balderdash, you missed that one. So, is it all "Poppycock," or do you believe just a portion is "Poppycock." When I export a photo for a show it ends up being about 600k or maybe 700k, sometimes even less, versus my original file of 20-36MP. And that is what is needed for the web. Of course, someone could shoot a small jpeg in-camera, but then they could not control the specific size of the file. Perhaps I explained it inadequately, there is always that chance.
How about Balderdash, you missed that one. So, is... (
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The Exif tag for resolution has nothing to do with the pixel dimensions of the image, nor with the size of the file. The file size reduction from MB to KB can be either or both of increased compression (lower quality selected) or resampling to a smaller pixel dimension (say from 24MP at 6000x4000 down to only 800x600).