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bosco0633:
So my camera was purolated to me yesterday.  It was a nice gift after getting the snip.  

My question is for Cola or any other members that are camera smart.  I purchased a scan disk ultra 2, 2 gig memory card.  I got a great deal.  Any ways, I was flipping through the options and I see that I can change the image sizes which allows for more pictures to be stored.  

I have a 7.1mp camera .  Canon SD800IS.  I have the options of the following sizes plus wide screen, post card etc.  The following are specific sizes.  

3072x2304
2592x1944
2048x1536
1600x1200
640x480

Now I understand that the 3072x2304 is great quality, it allows for approx 650 pictures on 2gigs.  Do I really need pictures at this quality for 5x7s at the largest that I will print?

What setting would you all recommend for everyday use?

neocacher:
No, you dont need to use the highest setting to print 5x7's..  You could use the middle setting.  However , because you can store pictures on your hard drives or make dvd's that can store 1000's of pictures, and because you can delete pictures from the card, you really should consider using the highest setting.

The MAIN reason for using the highest setting is for CROPPING small areas of your raw photos, and then turning them into 4x6 or 5x7 prints.

Then you will appreciate every one of those 7.1 million pixels!  If you crop and use a lower setting, they will look pixelated.  Try some tests and you will see the difference!

Neo in S. Dakota

galen:
Bosco, for every day use, I would use the lowest setting. If you want to take a portrait then use the higher settings. Cropping just gets rid of unwanted junk around the edges. Pixelation comes from making a small pixel image larger, thus exploding the pixels to cover more area. Resulting in surrogated edges on the lines in the image. Like neo suggested, go out and take lots of pictures on only one setting, then the next time you go out change to the next setting. You will soon find what your comfortable with.

Vinny:
Bosco,

You probably know where I'm going to go with this ... :)


You bought a 7.1 M pixel camera and you should use all 7.1 M pixels!!! The more pixels you use the sharper the image will be. I will assume that every time you tell the camera to have a lower resolution that it turns off some of the receptors in the lens.

As I have said before, I'm an old camera buff and even used slide film back in the day to get the sharpest possible photos. I believe that in order for a photo to be great - everything needs to be great. I have a 4.2 M pixel point and shoot digital but it doesn't take nearly the same quality photos as my 35mm SLR but it's good for point and shoot.

650 photos are a lot of photos and when you think about removing the ones you don't like, you'll have 650 that you want not 620 bad and 30 great. The other thing is getting them downloaded onto the computer or burning them onto a dvd - you start waiting a long time to download when you get to 70 pictures let alone 200.

I vote to keep the 7.1 M pixels and enjoy the camera for what it is!

Mendocino101:
did know there were some camera buffs here....I just got the new Pentex k10D....anyone know anything about it....

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