What resolution do you take your pics at?

[holden j caufield]

They are saying they have to scroll a lot to see the pics. And my mom wants the pics so that it'll fit her screen (I think 1024x768). We don't print pictures very often so is there really any point in shelling out $400 for a 7.2mp camera as our 5.1mp seems enough for the point and shoot crowd.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Full resolution. If you don't have the memory for it, then that may be a problem.

When I used a Rebel XTI on my 512mb card I could only take a few pictures but I made sure I copied everything to my laptop every night during vacation. 1024x768 can be done anyday with Photoshop batch resize. THere's no reason NOT to use full size pics unless you lack hard drive space.

 

[imported_LoKe]

7+ mp is huge, man.
I'd settle for 4-5.

 

[Pepsi90919]

whatever the max is. then i resize to fit my needs afterwards.

 

[SSP]

I alwasys take full resolution supported by the camera. But Resize those pics before you send them out.

You can use the microsoft power toys image resizer (search on google) to do a crap load of pics in couple of clicks.

But, if you really don't use the high res to do post processing and, like your mom, think its too big, then reduce the resolution in the camera settings.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: SSP
I alwasys take full resolution supported by the camera. But Resize those pics before you send them out.

You can use the microsoft power toys image resizer (search on google) to do a crap load of pics in couple of clicks.

But, if you really don't use the high res to do post processing and, like your mom, think its too big, then reduce the resolution in the camera settings.

unless you have vista

*sobs*

 

[mugs]

Full resolution, then resize (gallery2 resizes them for me)

 

[everman]

Take pics at max, and batch process them in a more manageable size.

 

[novasatori]

I use a 6mp Digital Rebel, and almost always reduce to 50% of original if I'm sending it to someone...

 

[adairusmc]

10.1 megapixel

 

[DrPizza]

Moved from OT to digital cameras by DrPizza



Note: for batch processing your pictures, IrfanView works great. See one of the stickied threads at the top of the forum for other great free software.

 

[Jawo]

I always use max resolution, with my current XTi it's 10.1 megapixels. You need the quality if you ever want to print it. Most professional (high quality) printing is done at 300 pixels per inch (PPI). If try to print a 2MP image at 300 PPI (1224x1632 pixels) you would get a 6" x 8" image. With an 8MP image you could get 11" x 17.5". Places will let you print below that limit (For example Snapfish), but the picture will not be as crisp as it should.

Good Overview

EDIT: to answer you question, I would take them and store them at highest resolution, then reduce them when you post them (most sites do it automatically). IIRC the digital equivelant to film is about 8MP. The biggest problem is that you can't get a 4MP dSLR...Megapixels are hyped like everything else...

 

[corkyg]

Take all pictures at max resolution and archive them. For email, I alwys reduce them to 800x600 using Irfanview. For email, printing is irrelevant.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Take all pictures at max resolution and archive them. For email, I alwys reduce them to 800x600 using Irfanview. For email, printing is irrelevant.

Marked as the answer.

You can batch reduce the photos to a directory with Irfanview (5-10% of original) in one shot.

 

[randomlinh]

I'll 100th the notion of max res pics, resize later for distribution. But I usually upload to flickr and share it that way. You can download what you want to keep at the resolution you want.

 

[tdawg]

Always shoot at the max resolution to leave yourself options in editing/post production (cropping, etc) and the occasional print. You won't want to spend a vacation snapping pictures at 1024x768 only to find that the quality is significantly inferior to what you need/want.

When you email them, you should just resize them to a more appropriate size. I always resize to 800x600 for the web and maybe a little larger than that for other purposes.

 

[gsellis]

This is an example of what I echoed on Irfanview. These were shot at 6 and 8MP. I used Ifranview to make 25% (I think) and 2% images (thumbnails). That only took about 2 minutes. Linking it all in a webpage was the bigger task.

http://www.versatilemediasolut....com/vacation2007.html

I have full res at home, but was able to create a quickie view for relatives and co-workers. The webpage was a requirement as my wife's company is a wee bit regimental on what you can connect to a computer (no usb, cd, dvd).

 

[ajemm]

Nice pics. I see you were at Magen's Bay and the Pitons