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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kinma" data-source="post: 122186" data-attributes="member: 13116"><p>Hi, all.  I am new to the forum and am hoping you can help me understand the differences in picture quality between the D200 (DX) and the D700 (FX).  Although the D700 is a full-frame camera, the RAW file sizes it produces are substantially smaller than those created by the D200 (10MB vs. 16MB).  There is a similar difference in JPEG file sizes.  This is such a basic question, I am embarrassed to ask, but why is that?  To me, the smaller file size implies lower resolution, more noise, less enlarge-ability.  That's probably wrong-headed, but can someone explain how the D700 is an improvement over the D200's images?  Many thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>