Newby Question

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Hi,
As a newby I am sure this is a dumb question but I will ask it anyway.

I have a Sony DSC P camera and I would like to take the best and biggest
photos possible. what's the best settings to do this. Should I look to get
the biggest image possible at highest resolution or would a smaller image
size at high resolution blow up on the PC to a better picture.

RAM

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I would disagree that a computer can only make it worse. When it comes
to size, number of pixels, etc, then yes. But often you can adjust the
brightness, contrast, and colors, on a computer, in ways that bring out
more detail, say detail that was hidden in shadowy areas or in
low-contrast areas.

Anyways... Yeah, most digital cameras have a menu where you can choose
a resolution (with choices like "5MP", "4MP", "3MP", "2MP", "VGA", or
like "2300x1700", "1600x1200", "640x480" ), and a menu where you can
choose between compression methods ("Fine", "Sharp", "Normal" ). Choose
the nicest-sounding one.

One easy way to tell that you did this is: The number of pictures that
fit in your card should be smaller than it would be with any other
combination of resolution and compression settings.
BNM
http://digitalcameraguide.blogspot.com