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ruddyduck
Thursday 29th June 2006, 15:13
I've decided to go for the Nikon D50 and drag myself kicking and screaming into the digital era at long last! I've never even held a digital camera before, let alone actually use one, so there's one burning question I have to ask out of sheer ignorance! (So please explain in simple terms for both of my brains cells to absorb!) Gulp! here goes!
Reading through the D50 reveiws, I see on the menu that one can select small, medium or large image sizes. Mostly I'd want to print off photos approx 5" x 7" or 4" x 6", but if I stunned myself by taking a good photo and wanted to frame one, I'd obviously want to print A4 size. Could I print any size photos from any camera setting? Or do the sizes in the menu mean the amount of pixels in each photo?? (Will a large image setting mean more pixels and more detail?)
See, I told you it would be a stupid question!! (answers on a postcard to Kent's only living brain donor!!!) :D

Andy Bright
Thursday 29th June 2006, 15:30
Reading through the D50 reveiws, I see on the menu that one can select small, medium or large image sizes. Mostly I'd want to print off photos approx 5" x 7" or 4" x 6", but if I stunned myself by taking a good photo and wanted to frame one, I'd obviously want to print A4 size. Could I print any size photos from any camera setting? Or do the sizes in the menu mean the amount of pixels in each photo?? (Will a large image setting mean more pixels and more detail?)
See, I told you it would be a stupid question!! (answers on a postcard to Kent's only living brain donor!!!) :DYep, using small size will restrict you in the size of the photo... use large. The other option you'll see on a digital camera is the jpg compression of the image, use 'fine' setting for the best quality (or RAW, but best get used to jpgs first).

Memory cards are very cheap, no point restricting your options by taking smaller, lower quality images... though some aspects of the camera will be faster when taking small highly compressed images.

ruddyduck
Friday 30th June 2006, 12:04
Thanks Andy, much appreciated.
Jude