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googlegroups.domain.benalt@xoxy.net - 17 Apr 2006 13:33 GMT

I recently bought a Canon S2 IS 5Mpix camera and am wondering if I am
taking shots at the highest resolution, then what advantage is there to
saving the jpegs at the finest setting compared to the middle one.
Would the difference be notable printed at 8x10 or would it come out
when cropping and printing? With a 2gb SD card (which I hope to get)
it probably isn't such an issue but I am curious in any case - you
never know when such info will come in handy.

Thanks.

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Chuck - 17 Apr 2006 17:28 GMT

That's a lot of questions!
General advice is save at the highest resolution. You can always crop or
reduce the resolution in other ways if needed.
One caviat is that some cameras have a noticible difference in minimum time
between shots when comparing different resolutions.
I doubt that you will need a 2G card for normal use. 512G to 1G has a much
better price storage ratio at this time.

> I recently bought a Canon S2 IS 5Mpix camera and am wondering if I am
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googlegroups.domain.benalt@xoxy.net - 18 Apr 2006 04:43 GMT

Hey there.

Thanks for your replies.

Actually, I already bought from (in the mail) zoomfly a 2gb Conair 133x
card for $45 after rebate which is pretty good for the speed. It was
either that or maybe the A-data which was $20 more or so but had a nice
write up of features - in the end I opted for cheap as I still need to
get a carry bag for the camera etc.

Regards.

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Chuck - 19 Apr 2006 05:15 GMT

Since you have one already-- This means that all your eggs are in one
basket. Two cards are better than one.

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googlegroups.domain.benalt@xoxy.net - 21 Apr 2006 03:26 GMT

True. Most of the time though I wouldn't even fill up 1gb before having
them transfered to my PC. At some point I'll get a cheap 512mb card as
a back up, but my current priority is a camera case :-)

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Marvin - 17 Apr 2006 19:18 GMT

> I recently bought a Canon S2 IS 5Mpix camera and am wondering if I am
> taking shots at the highest resolution, then what advantage is there to
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> Thanks.

It can become important when you are on a long trip, taking
many pictures. More compression saves space on the cards,
but can degrade the quality of the images. Experiment by
taking several photos of the same scene or object, and
comparing the images on the computer display to determine
what setting starts to show chnages in the image that your
notice. Zoom in on each one so that you can see details.
Repeat with a range of subjects. That will guide you on
what compression setting to use.

If you don't plan to make any prints larger than 4X6 inches,
you can set the camera to use less than all the pixels, down
to even 2 MP. That will also save space on the cards.
I've done it at times when I was on a vacation trip and my
cards were close to getting filled.

Some people prefer to save pictures as RAW files; those
files are quite large, but keep the best image quality.
That is their choice. Not all cameras give you that option.

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