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I have a 26mp xt30. In Lightroom my pictures show as 26mp. When I download with 100% quality selected, they download anywhere between 12-21mp. It’s really annoying, why is this happening? If I download a jpeg straight off the camera it is 26mp.

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[–] iwantae30@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] av4rice@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

As I stated in my post, I am downloading/exporting

You did not state "exporting" in your original post which is exactly why I am trying to clarify what exactly you mean.

The quality is noticeably less than if I were to download the full size 26mp file straight from my camera.

Are you talking about mp? Or mb? The mp abbreviation means megapixels or millions of pixels: the number of tiny colored squares representing the image; a measure of resolution. The mb abbreviation means megabytes or millions of bytes: the amount of data used in the image file.

If the file size (mb) is smaller out of Lightroom, that just means the jpeg compression is more efficient at delivering the same image quality (visually) while using less data. That's a separate issue from a reduction in pixel count (mp).