Zip all .tif, .tiff, or .eps inside a directory and any of it's sub directories. Do not zip any other file types. I did this on a directory with over 160GB of files (varying 5MB to 65MB filesizes) and it ran overnight without a hitch. I'm sure it can be improved, but do not have time to mess with it. I thought it might be helpful to someone out there.
#!C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -w

use File::Find;
use Archive::Zip qw( :ERROR_CODES :CONSTANTS);
use Cwd;

my $dir = cwd();

print "Zipping .tif, .tiff, and .eps files...\n$dir\n\n";

find(\&edits, $dir);

sub edits() {

    my $filename = $_;

    if (-f and ( /\.tiff?$/ or /\.eps$/ )) {
        print "$File::Find::name\n";

        my $barefile = $filename;
        substr( $barefile, rindex( $barefile, '.' ) ) = '';

        if ($barefile ne '') {
            my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
            my $member = $zip->addFile($filename);
            if ($zip->writeToFileNamed("$barefile.zip") == AZ_OK) {
                unlink($File::Find::name)
            }
            else {
                die 'Error writing file';
            }
        }
    }
}

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2005-12-07: Updated regular expression per Celada's input below.

In reply to zip_all for .tif & .eps by buttroast

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