I shoot with the finest setting at 6MP. Sent 2 photos to a friend via e-mail and it took him 1 hr and 50 min to download each photo. He told me to set my camera at 3 MP and it would be a lot quicker. Am I understanding that I have to lower the quality setting just to e-mail faster? I could set camera at VGA; but then I'd have a crummy looking 8X10 should I enlarge photo.
2006-12-14 16:19:52 · 7 answers · asked by Vintage Music 7 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
it all depends on your connection speed.
at 6MP, you are sending a quite large file. Your friend was at least lucky the email server he (and you) use didn't have a limit on the size of the attachment.
If your friend has a DSL or Cable connection to the internet, it would only take (at most) a couple of minutes to download your pics. If he has a dial up, yep, couple of hours.
You can still shoot the pics at 6 or more megapix, but use something like microsoft Office Picture Manager. You can edit the picture and save as a different file name. The edit will resize the picture in predefined sizes (large email, small email, web page, etc). This will provide a quick sharing size, but allow you to use the full density to print large copies.
2006-12-14 16:33:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
hey just open the photo with MS Paint and save it as jpeg in a different name ( if u want). The normal size of a 6MP photo is 1-2 Mb. But when saved with MS Paint it gets reduced to 350Kb, which can be easily sent through mail. There will be no significance change in photo quality.
2006-12-14 17:31:44 · answer #2 · answered by sajith m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, a 6MP picture file is around 2-3MB in size. VGA will be much small but pointless to print. You can lower the resolution using computer software. An easy way to share a ton of photos is thru a website like snapfish.com, ophoto.com, shutterfly.com, etc. (there are a ton of these sites). You can send your friend a link giving him access to your photos. You can upload hi or lo - resolution, giving you options on what sizes you can print off of the websites. Hi res takes longer but you can print 20"x30" prints. Lo res will limit you to a 8"x10"
2006-12-15 01:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by cdog_97 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea, this is a problem lots of people have. You are right to shoot your pictures in the best setting. The next step is to re-size your picture to e-mail it to friends, family and to post it on the web. You probably have in your camera or printer box, some software that will allow to to do this. 600x800 in a .jpeg file is a good way to go.
You can buy an entry level photo editing software at any store (Photo Shop is a good one), or go on line and download Irfanview, (Irfanview.com) one of the most popular and easiest to use photo editing free- wares out there. I repeat - this is free to the masses. Learning to use photo editing software is essential to taking - and sharing - digital pictures. You can do this!
Steve
2006-12-14 16:36:09 · answer #4 · answered by Steven S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep your 6mp picture for yourself. Use just about any photo program to shrink the picture size to send by eMail. A picture at 96 or so dpi looks good on most computer monitors. I use .jpg's as they are the easiest for me to shrink.
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2006-12-14 18:04:17 · answer #5 · answered by John H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Megapixels aren't actually the quality of the picture - they measure the size of the picture. So yes, when the picture is six million pixels large, it takes an hour to download. Megapixels really only effect quality when you're making enlargements of prints.
2006-12-14 16:29:27 · answer #6 · answered by C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easiest thing to do is to select the photos all at once and put them in a zipped folder. 1. Right click one of the photos you have highlighted. 2. Select send to and click compressed (zipped) folder.
2016-05-24 18:18:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋