Photo quality: Photo quality Most important is picture quality not higher mega pixel?
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In looking up what AL-Musafer is saying, I found out cameras normally use about 1,500 pixels/cm^2, but this one is using 2,500, nearly twice as many. A 1/2.5 CCD is normally used in a 4 MP camera, not a 10 MP. This is also supposed to make it less effective in low light, but most of us have reported excellent low light ability. The Sony's I tested had equal zoom with greater sharpness, but I did not think to test low-light ability. In any event there are no shots I was able to take and detect a difference between the 10 MP and 5 MP settings.
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I guess for different scenes, the compression ratio is different. A smooth scene needs less GBs then a busy one.
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Sensor size, not megapixels, is what matters. If you cram a lot of pixels onto a small sensor, and put the same number of pixels on a larger sensor, the pixels on the larger sensor are bigger. All other things equal, you end up with better image quality when you enlarge images captured with the camera that has the larger sensor. http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/digital-camera-megapixels-and-sensor-size.html
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Yes it is. That's the reason I bought it greater clarity of pictures than the higher MP, particularly outside. Great all around, best camera!
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It says the maximum dpi is 600. The resolution on photos is quite good, although it tends to print a bit dark.
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I believe you set the resolution (dpi) when you are ready to print the photo through the program you chose to use. When I take a photo, I usually set the Quality at 18M 5184x3456 since that is the highest. Then you can zoom in on an area of the photo without losing quality. I am able to crop quite a bit without major "pixelization" (not sure if that's a word.) Good luck!
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yes but the lcd screen does not display them in as good of quality that they are taken. For example if the picture looks bad on the display screen the actual picture will be better.( Note that this is on the maximum resolution setting )
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Mega pixel is not really that important. If you have more than 10MP you should be fine.
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I am not obsessed with megapixel counts in cameras. I stopped printing sometime ago. My pictures go online or facebook. So I have to give up on the wish for a megazoom in a small package since I won't compromise picture quality for the zoom. I ruled out the S95 because of the zoom range. Now I have to reconsider. Other than the zoom, it still has most of the attributes I am looking for in a small package.Thank you so much for your research on sensor size and lens. This explains what I noticed for some years. My old trusty takes nicer pictures than many people's newer cameras. I am not obsessed with megapixel counts in cameras. I stopped printing sometime ago. My pictures go online or facebook. So I have to give up on the wish for a megazoom in a small package since I won't compromise picture quality for the zoom. I ruled out the S95 because of the zoom range. Now I have to reconsider. Other than the zoom, it still has most of the attributes I am looking for in a small package.Thank you so much for your research on sensor size and lens. This explains what I noticed for some years. My old trusty takes nicer pictures than many people's newer cameras.
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The camera gives you the option to use a higher ISO setting. Try using a higher ISO for moving subjects. Keep in mind the higher number may result in a grainy picture if the light is too low.
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I t does. ...it's not great though. . It's like one or two mega pixels. .. not great for photos if that's the intention
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I recall a specification saying that the camera was 5 megapixels. Rather low, I'm not super happy with it.
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I don't know the DPI, but the image sizes from my scans ran from 1.1 to 2.8 MB with most of them around 1.4 to 1.8. So, the clarity is good. These photos look sharp when I display them on my large screen TV
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In this day and age, I'll make the simple statement of "don't consider megapixels (unless in conjunction with sensor size)" sensor quality, glass quality, sensor size. That's what will impact imaging quality. MP count became a very simple message that camera marketers jumped on...but through software jiggerey and goofy engineering, we started to see very low quality cameras with really high pixel counts (cell phones with 24MP??) I own the 7700 and really like it...very very good image quality, only gripe is RAW speed
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Hello, Asking this question could get you into trouble since file size is not a determination of your image quality. See below for the reasons but my recommendation would be a minimum 2 Megapixel image (The higher the resolution the better and more important) with a file size compressed from the original as little as you can 2Mpixel probably 1MB or larger. Open the image on your computer zoom it up and view it onscreen at about the 16*20 that the canvas will be. If you are happy with that, send the image. Lastly make sure your pixel ratio is 16X20 so you get what you expect when it is printed and the part you wanted is not cropped off. The smallest and largest files I have sent are a 1500 X 1949 pixel image (compressed to 570Kb) and a 3287 X 2188 pixel image (compressed to 4.03MB) Both look great however I can tell a difference. The 570kb file had too much compression on the jpeg. In raw terms, file size should equal (width in pixels) x (height in pixels) x 3 bytes per pixel. Lets take the case of a 3-Megapixel Image, 1900 pixels * 1600 pixels = 3.04 megapixels * 3 bytes = 9.12 megabytes uncompressed. This file is typically compressed and can be over 10:1 compression resulting in 900 kbytes and a picture which looses color chroma and has artifacts. So I should just use more than 9 megabytes right? Not really because a 90 megabyte image compressed to 9 megabytes will have the same chroma and artifact issue which you will not like hanging on the wall. Hope it helps. If you have read this far, my experience was with canvas champ which was awesome.
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That is the resolution of the main (rear) camera. It is equivalent to 5 megapixels.
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To be honest I do not know. I've only used jpegs, but I know there are many options for pixel quality & much more.