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[tigue710]

3.2 mega pixel Cannon... you gotta buy the right camera... and my professional camera, the Cannon Rebel? You will not find a better camera in its class...

these pics are all with A300

 

[Tony14]

Looking good. My "professional" camera is a canon Av-1 from the 80's film loaded and it still works amazing. Once i get a scanner hooked up Ill start showing some pics.

 

[cyberdigger]

one of these days I will figure out how you get such big files on here!!![8D]

 

[Stardust]

all my cameras were canons.
my dream is to have SLR digital rebel..
ebay is OK...

i meant this just goes in your shirt pocket, never in the way, never a worry. cheap with my cannons i never like having them at the beach or around dirt.. or yes, i dropped one right after i bought it. []

you'll have a blast with what you got.. enjoy all those functions!

 

[baltbottles]

ORIGINAL: cyberdigger

one of these days I will figure out how you get such big files on here!!![8D]

Large size (resolution) pictures can be uploaded as long as a high rate of JPEG compression is used to create a small file size under the 200Kb maximun allowed buy the forum software.

A picture taken with say an 8 mega pixle camera will be several megabytes in size to large to upload. Cropping the image or even reducing its resolution will creat a smaller file size. However each remaining pixle contains lots of information about the color and placement of that pixel.

By using JPEG compression you can compress and discard some of this extra information that is not needed to reproduce the image. This is accomplished by storing one color value for several pixles and ther locations in the image. Thats why images with lots of white are always smaller in size then an idential resolution image with alot of diffrent colors.

So to display an optium image size in a forum post its best to resize your image to less then most typical computers screen resolution say around 750 pixles in both height and width. Then use a mid amount of JPEG compression this should give a very nice image with a file size of around 100Kbs or less that sgreat for viewing online or sending in an email.

The image below is 750 X 490 pixles and has a file size of 54Kbs The orginal file before editing was much higher resolution and had a file size of about 4 Megabytes. If I wanted to print a small poster it would have been great. But for online content its over kill.

Sadly most consumers think higher megapixel cameras are better when in reality they just take larger and larger images. Needing more storage and more post production editing. A 3 - 4 megapixel camera is more then enough for your average consumer and will print very nice 8x10s from the images taken.

I say your better off buying a camera with good quality optics and a smaller CCD sensor (lower megapixels) extra storage and better rechargable batterys.

Chris

 

[cyberdigger]

...testing....

 

[Stardust]

nice clear explanation. []
i set my mp, back to 3 yesterday...

 

[cyberdigger]

..testing..

 

[tigue710]

Id have to disagree Chris, I think a larger picture that allows the viewer more detail is much better... I also have bad vision so small pictures are just little blurs to me...

this is much better... (granted I messed it up alittle ajusting the sharpness since I could not increase the pixels at this point)

I find it easier to use an external host to upload my pics to and provide an embedded html direct link to them, then I can use what ever size image I want and also place multiple images in the same post, it sure beats editing all your pics manually and then still having to post them individually...

 

[tigue710]

Tony, that is a great camera, you'll never get as crisp an image with a digital as you can with film either...

Star, that is what I have, the Cannon rebel xti, it was an x-mas gift from the hunny bunny last year. She was mad to see me still using my A300 after she got it for me! Its great for professional looking auction photos, but I have to use a tripod with it, and I do not have a macro lens...yet...!

this is the A300, it is a small camera, fits in the pocket... my old one had gotten some dirt stuck in the sliding lens cover but I was able to clean it no harm... with a telescoping lens once you get dirt in there your kinda screwed!