My work digital is 3.3 mp, but lately it usually gets used at the lowest resolution of 640x480. That's because of the nature of the desired final output. We want jpg files to email to the engineering office, or to a vendor, or sales.
The native 640x480 jpg right from the camera is a suitable file size for web viewing, casual email, and prints (crummy but viewable) up to 5x7. And using the low resolution avoids any post processing. We just download the file from the camera then attach it to an email or print directly to the desktop color printer. But if I want a "good" photo, the process is more time consuming. Shoot at max resolution. Download from camera to computer. Choose the best images of the bunch. Crop and adjust in Photoshop. Make a copy at high resolution to print from. Make another copy at low resolution to send by email. Switch to photo glossy paper in the printer. Print - hopefully the color management on the computer is close enough so the first print is good. Otherwise, back to Photoshop to adjust then print again. And remember to switch back to regular paper so the next person using that printer will have the normal paper in the tray. Getting one or two good 8x10's from digital is fairly time consuming, But it's not nearly as time consuming as sending someone to the one-hour photo and trying to get a couple of well-balanced 8x10's while-you-wait. -- John Mustarde - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
