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Best way to compress raw files? (nikon .nef)

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I have around 3 terabytes of raw pictures, what can i do besides buying more storage? .rar doesn't really make pictures any lighter. If possible i'd like to keep the .nef files

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4 minutes ago, Santiago Santos said:

I have around 3 terabytes of raw pictures, what can i do besides buying more storage? .rar doesn't really make pictures any lighter. If possible i'd like to keep the .nef files

 

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raw files are normally already compressed, so using file compression won't help. You basically need to convert them to anouther format, losing quality to save file space. 

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4 minutes ago, Nano Adam said:

 

He only talks about setting the camera to create smaller files and compares the 3 options (small medium and large). I need to compress already existing files

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you need to convert them all to JPEG or some other format. storage is also pretty cheap

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1 hour ago, Santiago Santos said:

I have around 3 terabytes of raw pictures, what can i do besides buying more storage? .rar doesn't really make pictures any lighter. If possible i'd like to keep the .nef files

You could convert to JPEG and then find a application that can do mass compression. 

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9 hours ago, Nano Adam said:

You could convert to JPEG and then find a application that can do mass compression. 

Any good software to do that? lightroom will take ages to export thousands of images. I just hate to get a new drive every 6 months or so and watch it get full in no time (right now i have 3 2tb's and 1 4tb). Maybe it's just time to invest in a real NAS with 30 or 40 Tb

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