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Thread ID: 27926 2002-12-06 19:58:00 Digital camera files DavidW (532) Press F1
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103807 2002-12-06 19:58:00 I had an Olympus Camedia C-2 It was a 2 megapixel camera. Its file size per picture was around 1100 KB (some rotten hound stole it but thats another story). I have replaced it with a Kodak DX4330 3.1 megapixel (same price a couple of months later) and its file size on its best setting is around 700 KB. I thought file size = resolution in some way. Is there something I am missing? I have not tried printing yet with the different files for comparison but perhaps someone could tell me what to expect?? Thanks David DavidW (532)
103808 2002-12-06 20:28:00 Maybe the new one use better compression or different file types. wotz (335)
103809 2002-12-06 20:43:00 Just a different level of compression. My 2.3 MP camera produces a max file size of 975 kB and a miniumum of 250 kB at the high resolution setting

The uncompressed file (if it were available) is 6 Mb, so even 1100 kB is heavily compressed, dont worry about it. Kodak may well have better routines for compression which preserve more detail for all we know.
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