 James Nel |
Resolution I have a 5 mega pixel camera and only print 10 x 15 cm. I don’t do a lot of cropping either. If I need to save memory card space and want to shoot at a lower resolution, how low could I go before the print quality will deteriorate? I also have a choice between ‘Fine’ and ‘Standard’ Quality. Should I stick to ‘Fine’ which also takes up more space, but the quality is higher. My choices are 2560x1920; 2304x1728; 2048x1536; 1600x1200; 1280x960; 640x480 Quality ‘Fine’ or ‘Standard’
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
I think my short answer is to shoot in the hiqhest resolution and quality setting you can, that yields satifactory results on paper. (To really test that, you'd have to shoot the same scene 12 times; 1 shot at each combination of resolution+quality setting, to compare the resulting prints.) However, 10x15cm is what, approximately a 3" x 5" print? You're also talking about the output capability of your printer---120dpi? 300dpi 1200dpi? etc. At 300dpi, a 3"x5" print would run 900 x 1500 pixels; I don't think you'd want to go lower than this? The nagging question I'd have is, how can you be sure you'll never, ever want a bigger print than 3x5? I'd opt for having the future flexibility to print larger formats, by shooting at the high quality, high resolution settings... that may mean buying an extra/bigger memory card, or, offloading pics to a computer or portable hard drive, to continuously free up your chip.
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Terry R. Hatfield |
Shoot At Your Highest Resolution, And Get Another Card Or Two They Aren't That Expensive James...
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- Carolyn M. Fletcher  Contact Carolyn M. Fletcher Carolyn M. Fletcher's Gallery |
I absolutely agree with Chris and Terry! You always want to shoot at your highest resolution. You may not care now, but some day you will, and better safe than sorry.
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Diane Dupuis |
Shoot at highest! Get another card!!!
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