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Isn't that a bug?
I would expect photorec to do that regardless. The only difference should be that files with extensions that are not selected are not saved.

When I run with all file types enabled, the size of the recovered files is much more reasonable.
It still appears slightly over the expected size but it's much closer in size.
However, I still notice slight file size growth.
In my case, I have a file that periodically changes slightly. Photorec ...

Re-running now with Paranoid (brute force enabled), Expert Mode: No, Keep Corrupted Files: Yes and All file types enabled.
I'm seeing a bunch of recup_dir.<num> being created with a bunch of different files in them. Will report if the files shrink. Do you suspect a bug?

Also, when in expert mode ...

I have an old laptop that runs Ubuntu. Its partition was full so I tried to extend it.
In a moment of idiocy, I deleted the primary partition. I thought all my files were backed up, so I just re-installed Ubuntu using the whole disk (the rest of it had Windows at one point I think).
Well, turns out ...