This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/7/00 5:21:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< THE OLYMPUS D-450 OUT PUT IS AS FOLLOWS: (THIS PER THE MANUAL) I USE SQ (WHICH IS NOT THE HIGHEST QUALITY) THE RESOLUTION IS 640X480. AT THIS STANDARD COMPRESSION SETTING I GET 36 PICTURES BEFORE DOWNLOADING. (YOU CAN BUY ADDITIONAL "SMART CARDS" IF YOU WISH TOO INSTEAD OF ALWAYS DOWNLOADING). AT THE HQ SETTING THE RESOLUTION SETTING IS 1280X960 THE COMPRESSION LEVEL IS STILL STANDARD SO YOU STILL GET THE 36 PICTURES. AT SHQ THE RESOLUTION IS THE SAME AS THE HQ LEVEL BUT THE COMPRESSION (FILE SIZE) DIFFERS. AT THE HIGHEST SETTING NON COMPRESSION SHQ THE RESOLUTION IS STILL 1280X960, BUT THE FILE IS NOT COMPRESSED SO YOUR STORAGE ABILITY DIMINISHES GREATLY. HOPEFULLY THIS CLEARS UP MEREKS QUESTION. >> I think I see an error in there regarding getting the same # of pictures going from 480X640 to 960X1280 mode, asthis quadruples the # of pixels to store. I have seen the lower Olympus model a while ago, as I had to set it up on a new user's computer about 4 months ago. I seem to recollect somthing like 128 shots on 480 mode, 32 on 960, and 16 on SHQ, with about 2 on uncompress. This with the 8MB Smartmedia card that came with it. Unfoortunately, they had bought and taken it to Italy without talking to me first, and had taken all their pictures at lowest quality, to fit the single, small memory card they had. Result: The pictures were not up to standard, and looked inferior to my Sony video in still mode. I would have recommended getting spare cards and using a high-q mode, for something this important. Merek
