RAW files are compressed files, but are “lossless” – that is, they lose no information in compression. Generally speaking, a RAW file will be three to four times larger than the same image shot in JPEG, not in dimensions, but in megabytes. So this is why you’re experiencing the file size decreases. JPEG image is a compressed image, and that in the process of compression, a very small amount of information is lost.
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