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300dpi Camera?

Started Mar 8, 2005 | Discussions thread
mamallama
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Re: 300dpi Camera?
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tom29 wrote:

Does anyone know if or when Canon will be coming out with a digital
camera that finally outputs at 300dpi instead of 180dpi?

tom29:

You have gotten a lot of responses regarding how inappropriate your question is but here is a simple explanation of the situation.

Insofar as the resolution of the camera is concerned, all that matters is the number of pixels (dots, if you will) across and the number of pixels down. Your printing software will distribute those pixels across and down to create an image of the particular size you set. Of course, the larger the image, the less dots per inch (dpi) you will have. (Imagine a window screen that you can squeeze and stretch and how the size of the openings get smaller as you squeeze).

I hope this simple explanation is clear.

To answer your question, virtually all Canon cameras can now produce 300 dpi output images. The 8 megapixel Pro1 with 3264 x 2448 pixels can produce an 10" x 8" image with 300 dpi. 300 dpi images for most other Canon digicams would have to be smaller.

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