I am trying to have my vacation pictures developed and for whatever reason the pictures came out with incredibly low resolution and the photo websites are only allowing me to have pictures developed in wallet size. Both cameras are 8 megapixels so is there any way to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2007-10-01 05:16:43 · 9 answers · asked by a11city 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
I'm afraid there is not much you can do now about the photos you have already taken. What you should do is check the settings and make sure you are using a resolution that is going to use the full 8MP in future.
2007-10-01 05:23:29 · answer #1 · answered by DougF 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to determine what resolution your camera is shooting at. 8 Mpixels images are about 3456 x 2300 pixels (width x height). The actual numbers will vary with camera model/manufacturer, but will be close. When you preview the image you can usually call up information about the image which should have the size. The size information will tell you what resolution the camera was set to (multiply the width and height, in pixels, to get the resolution; e.g. 3456 x 2300 = 7.9 Mpixels). Image viewers on computers will also give size information along with camera settings.
Your camera probably can shoot pictures in lower resolution, so find the menu that sets the resolution of the camera and set it to 8 Mpixel. If you are using low resolution, like 1 or 2 Mpixels because you are running out of memory, buy a 2 GB memory card. They are under $35 and will store hundreds of 8 Mpixel images.
If your camera is set to 8 Mpixels, then blame the photo finishing service. Be sure that the images you are sending to the photo finishing service are full resolution. You can get processing done at local stores like Costco, Longs, Walgreens for under 20 cents per photo.
2007-10-01 09:05:01 · answer #2 · answered by qrk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not after you've taken them. The digital resolution is set by the camera. Once the image is recorded, the data that was recorded is set.
There are programs out there, such as Photoshop, that can clean up an image and sharpen a little which will give you a slight increase in resolution. But basically you're stuck with what you recorded with your camera.
I would suggest in the future that you set your camera to its highest resolution. That way you won't run into the problem again. If you run out of room on your storage media, it's better to buy an extra card or two than to lower the resolution so you can get more pictures on a single card. I typically take 10gb of storage with me when I go out shooting.
2007-10-01 05:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats weird. i would take the camera to a picture place and have the develop one or two pictures and see how they come out. the camera may not have anything wrong with it(normally anything about 5 or 6 megapixels will develop well) but the computer may be picking something up. I would just go to a photo store and see if they can help you develop the pictures.
2007-10-05 03:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by Liv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume that you bought a point and shoot Nikon (not a DSLR). The "grain" or "noise" may come from several sources or a combination of factors. I'll point it to two main culprits: 1) High ISO settings 2) Poorly exposed photo. I presume you are shooting in "automatic mode." This setting should be no problem when taking outdoor shots under bright conditions. Your pictures should turn out ok. But when taking indoor shots or under poor light conditions, the camera could actually compensate by "automatically" increasing ISO setting for you to get enough speed to take pictures handheld. Secondly, when you zoom, you are also starving the camera of light. The "zooming" action decreases the aperture of the lens and, to compensate for less light entering the camera, the camera "automatically" increases its ISO to make it more sensitive to light. The offshoot of this is that you will end with a grainy photo. As a rule, do not zoom indoors or when you use flash. Get in close to the subject and use the widest zoom possible. My advice to avoid "grain" is to manually set ISO to 200 or even 400 (400 shd not be that grainy) at night or indoors. But even under this setting, you will have to be the judge on what picture you can take or not. Your flash will have a useful range. There will also be a limit to how much you can zoom.
2016-04-06 22:37:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the manual. Understand the manual. Always shoot the highest resolution you can. You can dumb down the size later never after. I took a photo when I first went digital that I can never shoot again. I shot it at 640X480 because I could get more pictures on the floppy :) That moment will never come again, it will forever be a small print. I shall forever kick myself in the ***. I could have doubled the resolution. I've gotten passable 8X10's from a 1.3 MP camera. No way passable at 640X480.
2007-10-01 13:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another example in a seemingly endless litany of what happens when people don't read the Owner's Manual for their camera. Hope your vacation wasn't a "once in a lifetime" one.
2007-10-01 05:44:42 · answer #7 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8MP is a very high resolution format. I would check with whatever service is developing your photos to make sure they are not downsizing the images before they develop them.
http://aoleonthemartiangirl.com
2007-10-01 05:25:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anime Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope its too late. You did not have the internal settings on your camera set correctly.
2007-10-01 05:51:58 · answer #9 · answered by maddog 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋