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by mpais 2524 days ago
Some RAW formats are pre-compressed, usually with very simple (hence fast) algorithms, and some aren't even lossless (Sony ARW). It's often possible to further compress them with specialized tools.

Disclosure: I'm the author of PackRAW, a tool that does exactly that (https://encode.su/threads/2762-PackRAW)