byte[] from filestream or from image have different lengths

[dannystommen]

I want to get the byte[] from an image file.

               byte[] fromFile;
               using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("myImage.jpg", System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read)) {
                  fromFile= new byte[fs.Length];
                  fs.Read(fromFile, 0, Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length));
               }
               // fromFile has a length of 5308

               using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) {
                  ImageCodecInfo[] codecs = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
                  ImageCodecInfo _codecInfo = null;
                  foreach (ImageCodecInfo codec in codecs) {
                     if (codec.MimeType == "image/jpeg")
                        _codecInfo = codec;
                  }

                  byte[] fromImage;
                  using (Image img = Image.FromFile("myImage.jpg")) {
                      img.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
                      fromImage = ms.ToArray();
                  }
               }
               //fromImage has a length of  5835

why does the 2 byte arrays have a different length? it is the same file.

I also tried

               using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) {
                  ImageCodecInfo[] codecs = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
                  ImageCodecInfo _codecInfo = null;
                  foreach (ImageCodecInfo codec in codecs) {
                     if (codec.MimeType == "image/jpeg")
                        _codecInfo = codec;
                  }

                  using (EncoderParameters _encoderParameters = new EncoderParameters()) {
                     _encoderParameters.Param[0] = new EncoderParameter(System.Drawing.Imaging.Encoder.RenderMethod, (long)100);

                     img.Save(ms, _codecInfo, _encoderParameters);
                     fromImage = ms.ToArray();
                  }

and some other encoderParameters, but they all give a different length

[boudino]

Maybe each image is stored in different format? E.g. bmp vs. jpg.

[dannystommen]

No, the image is not stored in an different format. The image is saved via Photoshop as an jpg file.

[boudino]

I thought in memory as .NET object. The first is read as raw bytes from file, the second is an instance of Image object asked for its bytes representation. There can be some metadata in the second case, or some transformation could come into play while the image was instantinated. Try to save the image to file and read raw data from the file again, or compare the files.