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POOR PIC QUALITY Canon Powershot SX30 IS

Started Jan 26, 2012 | Discussions thread
Steen Bay Veteran Member • Posts: 7,418
Re: POOR PIC QUALITY Canon Powershot SX30 IS

Adrenaline Rush wrote:

Recently, the quality of picture being shot by my Canon Powershot SX30 IS has changed. The settings have remained constant and are set to:

14M 4320x3240

This is the highest quality setting on the camera. At this quality, the pictures used to be approximately 5-6MB each. More recently, they have become about 2MB each. I am unclear as to why this is happening and am hoping that someone will have a simple solution or some suggestions for me.

Maybe you have changed the compression ratio from 'fine' to 'normal' (see page 74 in the manual), or maybe you're just shooting less 'complex' images than before. The file size if much smaller if shooting e.g. an image of a clear blue sky, than it is if shooting an image with lots of fine detail.

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