Re: Always shoot at highest megapixel setting?

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:41:06 -0800 (PST), Rob <robbelljr@xxxxxxx> wrote
in <e4af1acc-f41a-40ad-af9f-81b361ff9d39@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

I understand your statement that sometimes using higher resolutions
with greater compression could produce a clearer "native" result, but
assuming a production environment of photos for display in web pages
it is usally practical to perform at least some post-processing
reduction. Under those circumstances the level of compression applied
by the camera seems might be more important than the resolution at
which the photos were shot. In other words, I may have asked the
wrong question to begin with.

The level of compression and the amount of downsampling are two entirely
different things. The former is best down in post-processing, but the
latter is usually done better in camera, because the camera is working
from the RAW sensor output, not a converted image.

For example, my camera (upon further investigation) provides only for
what Fuji describes as "Normal" compression at the lowest resolution
setting. At the next higher resolution, "Fine" and "Normal" are
provided. I'm thinking, as a rule of thumb with any digital camera
and knowing in advance that I'll invariably need to perform post-
process reduction, I should choose the smallest resolution providing
the "Fine" setting for compression (and use that Fine setting).

Does that make sense?

Yes.

--
Best regards,
John Navas
Panasonic DMC-FZ8 (and several others)
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