Index: trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c
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--- trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c	(revision 15911)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c	(revision 15912)
@@ -751,4 +751,5 @@
         }
 
+	// XXX these are probably only needed for WRITE files
         if (file->compression) {
             psTrace("psModules.camera", 7, "Setting compression for %s (%s)\n", file->filename, file->name);
@@ -761,4 +762,5 @@
 
         file->fits->floatType = file->floatType;
+	file->fits->bitpix = file->bitpix;
 
         // In some cases, we need to read the PHU after we've opened the file.  This happens for the images