[ale] OT: Digital Cameras

[Dan Lambert]

Some cameras save the image in more than one format by default. Most of
them have the ability to limit which format the image is saved in, but
some don't.

You may be able to find something on the Sony at their website, or may
be one of the digital photography boards.

Believe it or not, it may actually tell you in the manual, although I've
seen some of these manuals that were simply undecipherable.

Dan


On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 15:00 -0500, cfowler at outpostsentinel.com wrote:
> MAybe someone on this list knows enough about digital photography
> to answer a question I have.
> 
> I have 2 cameras.  1 is a Kodak C743 and the other a Sony DSC-T50.
> The Sony is 7.2mp Kodak 7.1.  Here is what I do not understand.  Why
> are the pciture sizes so different between these cameras? 
> 
> The Kodak has a 1GB flash and it reports it can hold 700+ images.  The
> Sony has 2GB and it says 550+  The resolutions are the same between
> the images but the file size of the Sony images is almost 2x that
> of the Kodak.  Why is this?  It shit a feature I'm not comparing
> when I buy cameras.  I looked in the Kodak's menu and can
> only find a setting for MP size.  The sony has a fine setting that
> I can tweak.
> 
> Being a geek I know that more data can equal better quality and this
> is what has me concerned.
> 
> I think I even asked this before.  I have a Cannon G3 and another Kodak.
> The Canon 3 the Kodak 5 and the Canon file size is greater but resolution
> is smaller.
> 
> Maybe the Koday C743 and the other Kodak is doing more JPEG compression?  Maybe
> I should stay away from all Kodak products based on what I'm seeing?
> 
> Thanks for clearing this up for me.
> 
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