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Canon EOS 700D (T5i) Producing 72 dpi images

Started Sep 30, 2014 | Questions thread
tr573 Senior Member • Posts: 1,329
Re: Canon EOS 700D (T5i) Producing 72 dpi images

Olga Johnson wrote:

cgarzi wrote:

Thank you-- this is actually really helpful. Which setting would i change on the camera to make the image output larger?

Thanks,

Caitlin

Caitlin,

Cameras know nothing about DPI. The camera has no setting for DPI as it is meaningless to the camera. All the camera knows is total pixels. The DPI setting is a software setting. You can change that setting in most software.

Also, most software allows you to set the dimensions you need for your print and will change the dpi accordingly.

Here's one of the many writeups: http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/mythdpi.html

^^This++

crop to the appropriate aspect ratio (unless you're doing 4x6 which is in the native 3:2 aspect ratio) and downsize to the appropriate resolution in software.   No need to shoot smaller in camera, as that will limit you if you want to print larger from the same file in the future.

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