Posted by HOSTS on 6/8/2008, 10:33 pm, in reply to "Chosing best image size"
Well, there really is no answer to what the best size is for anyone, because you're going to find as you use your camera more that there will be times when different sizes are needed.
It never fails - people set their cameras down to 640x480 pixels or even at 1 megapixel, then some fast spur of the moment keeper shot comes along. They capture it and want an 11x14 poster blowup of it and poof... realize they took the photo at the smallest resolution and can only make a 4x6 print (if that).
The solution - buy a bigger memory card and keep the camera set at it's highest resolution and highest quality setting at all times. You can always resize the images DOWN to a smaller size later if you wish to use them on the web or via email, with the included software that came with the camera, while retaining the highest size copy in case you ever want an enlargement. You can easily resize an image down and not lose quality - you cannot take a tiny digital image and blow it up to make a high quality enlargement (even with specialized software costing $$).
Memory cards are CHEAP now. If you belong to Costco or Sam's Club they're insanely cheap for 2-4 gig cards which can hold literally hundreds of photos at the full 7 megapixel resolution. The best advice is to not worry about changing resolution settings at all. Just get a larger memory card (you can even find 1 gig cards for under $18) and take all your pics at full size.
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