c730 but which resolution?

[w iggles]

OK, I've ordered this camera but can someone please advise me which resolution is the best to use as i'll be wanting to print 99% of good ones to 4x6 and the odd one to A4 size. Is QImage the way to go for printing software or is there shareware/freeware around that is decent? Thanks

 

[Delbert]

Like many people just starting out in digital, I often shot at lower resolutions when I thought I wouldn’t make large prints, wouldn’t crop the picture, etc… After 2 ½ years of digital here is what I have learned. Shoot every shot at the highest resolution and the lowest JPG compression setting IOW on must Olympus Cameras, SHQ. The reason, You can always resize down, but you can’t add information that the original file doesn’t have. Even with a program for upsizing such as “Genuine Fractals” You just can’t equal what the camera can record in SHQ. So bite the bullet and buy enough memory to shoot everything SHQ. There will be a time you’ll be glad you did. I had to learn the hard way and my guess is a lot of others did to. I didn’t have this forum to give me good advice.

BTW: I don’t think that there is enough quality differences to justify shooting TIFF files, with the long write times or large file sizes.

I have a Canon and HP Printer and both came with excellent photo printing software. Neither were installed automatically. I had to look on the HP CD-ROM to find HP Photo Printing, which I really like. Canon did not have one on the CD but I found one for a free download on the Canon Web site, which simply verifies you have a canon printer it also works well. I do like the HP software better, but print with the Canon printer.

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C-2100, C-3000, D520

 

[RickS]

Always, always shoot at the highest resolution available. That way you have the highest quality possible from the camera. If you need a smaller size for web posting, or sending to your dial-up friends, or whatever, make a duplicate file and res it down. Never permanently change your original.

Rick

OK, I've ordered this camera but can someone please advise me which
resolution is the best to use as i'll be wanting to print 99% of
good ones to 4x6 and the odd one to A4 size. Is QImage the way to
go for printing software or is there shareware/freeware around that
is decent? Thanks

 

[Mike_PEAT]

When I started I chose lower resolutions, but that was before I got my first 128meg card. Now I only shoot with the highest quality JPG setting, unless it's something that's REALLY important to me...then I'll use a TIFF setting for the best quality (no compression).

• Join us at the Oly_C-700 Yahoo group, for C-700/720/730 users.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oly_C-700/

 

[Don Spencer]

I've never used the tiff resolution, always shot at SHQ. does tiff really make much of a difference? also, while it's writing a big file can you shoot another photo?

When I started I chose lower resolutions, but that was before I got
my first 128meg card. Now I only shoot with the highest quality
JPG setting, unless it's something that's REALLY important to
me...then I'll use a TIFF setting for the best quality (no
compression).

• Join us at the Oly_C-700 Yahoo group, for C-700/720/730 users.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oly_C-700/

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C-700 ULTRA ZOOM
FL-40 Flash, bracket and cable
Canon S900 printer
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[Mike_PEAT]

I've never used the tiff resolution, always shot at SHQ. does tiff
really make much of a difference? also, while it's writing a big
file can you shoot another photo?

Think about it this way...you take your JPG picture into your photo program to crop, etc. When you're done, you save the picture a second time as a JPG which compresses it a second time...that's the problem, and why I prefer in certain cases to save as TIFF.

As for shooting a second picture while it's saving the TIFF, that's a no...while you're saving the TIFF it says "Busy" on the display. Also you can't do multiple drive pictures (shooting multiple pictures one after the other). As well you can't do bracketing. This is because of the filesize of the image, and the limited memory built into the camera.

Hope that explains it.

 

[TinyGreenAlien]

Is there really that big of a differance between HQ and SHQ? I shoot most of mine at HQ and the quality is great, plus it's really nice to be able to shoot 80 HQ pictures instead of 20 SHQ.

...
Jessa
--
Olympus C-720

Like many people just starting out in digital, I often shot at
lower resolutions when I thought I wouldn’t make large prints,
wouldn’t crop the picture, etc… After 2 ½ years of digital here is
what I have learned. Shoot every shot at the highest resolution
and the lowest JPG compression setting IOW on must Olympus Cameras,
SHQ. The reason, You can always resize down, but you can’t add
information that the original file doesn’t have. Even with a
program for upsizing such as “Genuine Fractals” You just can’t
equal what the camera can record in SHQ. So bite the bullet and
buy enough memory to shoot everything SHQ. There will be a time
you’ll be glad you did. I had to learn the hard way and my guess
is a lot of others did to. I didn’t have this forum to give me
good advice.

BTW: I don’t think that there is enough quality differences to
justify shooting TIFF files, with the long write times or large
file sizes.

I have a Canon and HP Printer and both came with excellent photo
printing software. Neither were installed automatically. I had to
look on the HP CD-ROM to find HP Photo Printing, which I really
like. Canon did not have one on the CD but I found one for a free
download on the Canon Web site, which simply verifies you have a
canon printer it also works well. I do like the HP software
better, but print with the Canon printer.

--
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Delbert...just hangin around
C-2100, C-3000, D520

 

[Delbert]

Jessa

Is there really that big of a differance between HQ and SHQ? I
shoot most of mine at HQ and the quality is great, plus it's really
nice to be able to shoot 80 HQ pictures instead of 20 SHQ.

I thought HQ looked really good with my C3000 (3MP) I routinely printed 8X10's and was very happy. Then one boring day I took several portraits both at HQ and SHQ. There was a big difference in the 8X10 prints. While the HQ was very acceptable, the SHQ was definitely better. Since learning that lesson with my C-3000, I have shot nothing but SHQ with my UZI. Sam's and Costco both have 128mb cards under $50 so it's crazy to compromise on image quality.
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Delbert...just hangin around
C-2100, C-3000, D520

 

[Jimm]

Like many people just starting out in digital, I often shot at
lower resolutions when I thought I wouldn’t make large prints,
wouldn’t crop the picture, etc… After 2 ½ years of digital here is
what I have learned. Shoot every shot at the highest resolution
and the lowest JPG compression setting IOW on must Olympus Cameras,
SHQ. The reason, You can always resize down, but you can’t add
information that the original file doesn’t have. Even with a
program for upsizing such as “Genuine Fractals” You just can’t
equal what the camera can record in SHQ. So bite the bullet and
buy enough memory to shoot everything SHQ. There will be a time
you’ll be glad you did. I had to learn the hard way and my guess
is a lot of others did to. I didn’t have this forum to give me
good advice.

BTW: I don’t think that there is enough quality differences to
justify shooting TIFF files, with the long write times or large
file sizes.

I have a Canon and HP Printer and both came with excellent photo
printing software. Neither were installed automatically. I had to
look on the HP CD-ROM to find HP Photo Printing, which I really
like. Canon did not have one on the CD but I found one for a free
download on the Canon Web site, which simply verifies you have a
canon printer it also works well. I do like the HP software
better, but print with the Canon printer.

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I always shoot in SHQ. You never know which image will be the one you want to enlarge. Once, when I was running out of memory, I switched to HQ and didn't really see any difference, but I think you're chancing it to stay on HQ

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Oly c730 Fl-40 Flash
Raynox 1800 (1.8)
Raynox 5000 (.5)

Nikon 6006

 

[Liz Z.]

Think about it this way...you take your JPG picture into your photo
program to crop, etc. When you're done, you save the picture a
second time as a JPG which compresses it a second time...that's the
problem, and why I prefer in certain cases to save as TIFF.

I do it differently. I shoot in SHQ, then save the images I want to work with on my computer as TIFF files. Then when I edit them I lose nothing.

Also, I was told that if you edit a JPEG file you should always save it under a new name to avoid further loss, so if I do edit a JPEG file I add a "2" to it, or the word "edited."

Liz Z.