I need to create a pdf-portfolio. Therefore I want the images included to look their best. I thought it a small matter to individually compress the images in photoshop for optimal appearance and size, and then to include them in a document for pdf-export. The idea is that you open up this pdf and see the images exactly as I saw them in the photoshop jpg previerw. So far I tried Illustrator and InDesign. Unfortunately both of these seem unable to just include the original jpg during pdf-export. They are completely set on recompressing the images. Either that or they will try to do away with the compression completely. You can choose the compression alternative "none", but then you will end up with a huge pdf-file, a couple of hundred megabytes in my case. If you chose any other compression alternative, the jpg will be degraded further during the second pass of compression that will take place during export. The images will look miserable.
So my question: Is there any way to get around this weird limitation in Illustrator or Indesign? And if not, what software should I be using to design a portfolio and include individually compressed jpg's and jpg2000?
Thomas