Canon A95 Size of stored pic.

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I have plenty of spare mem and mainly use the pics for web/screen.
Now and then I will need to print a picture at say 8x10 inch.
If the camera takes all pics at 5mb and then works on it (resample) to
arrive at a lower resolution - What do I gain by using a lower
resolution?
If I only take pics at the highest - Will the camera have less work to
do and bat last longer?
Is it likely my graphics programs - paint shop pro and Corel - will
resample better than the A95?
Thanks in advance for any help.

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<London@am2ma.eu> wrote in message
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> I have plenty of spare mem and mainly use the pics for web/screen.
> Now and then I will need to print a picture at say 8x10 inch.
> If the camera takes all pics at 5mb and then works on it (resample) to
> arrive at a lower resolution - What do I gain by using a lower
> resolution?
The image is smaller, but the same size print looks worse. So, by using a
lower resolution, you really gain increased image degradation.
> If I only take pics at the highest - Will the camera have less work to
> do and bat last longer?
It has less work to do, but that part of the camera does not wear out very
fast.
> Is it likely my graphics programs - paint shop pro and Corel - will
> resample better than the A95?
Yes.
Jim

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"Jim" <j.n@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> <London@am2ma.eu> wrote in message
> news:esc041hfv0kh451ltpv0dn4hfi1jqljeak@4ax.com...
>> I have plenty of spare mem and mainly use the pics for web/screen.
>> Now and then I will need to print a picture at say 8x10 inch.
>> If the camera takes all pics at 5mb and then works on it (resample) to
>> arrive at a lower resolution - What do I gain by using a lower
>> resolution?
> The image is smaller, but the same size print looks worse. So, by using a
> lower resolution, you really gain increased image degradation.
>> If I only take pics at the highest - Will the camera have less work to
>> do and bat last longer?
> It has less work to do, but that part of the camera does not wear out very
> fast.
>> Is it likely my graphics programs - paint shop pro and Corel - will
>> resample better than the A95?
> Yes.

I thought recieved wisdom was otherwise. Don't suppose you have a reference
to confirm this do you?