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Originally Posted by DaiTheDragon  I don’t know the reason for this new size policy as I can’t see any benefit’s to it. By increasing the physical dimensions means that you will be reducing quality as you still have to limit file size in KB unless when you upload an image you use a higher file size. Also people with small monitors or low resolution will have to scroll more to see the image.
Dai |
It's not a new policy, it's been in place since the site began, but now the software can enforce it rather than the editors having to spend time doing it. In the early days there were lots of cameras that could only manage 800x600, but nowadays that's tiny compared to the ability of modern cameras. We've got some pics on the site that are four times these dimenstions, still under 500kb and no noticeable loss in quality. The average screen resolutions are also a lot larger than a few years ago with under 5% at 800x600 and over 50% larger than 1024x768
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Originally Posted by Roy C Why 800 x 600 - I shoot 3 x 2 ratio on both my DSLR which means an 800 wide image will be 533 high. How come a 4 x 3 format was chosen? |
The 4:3 ratio (800x600, 1024x768 etc) is the format for a typical PC monitor, and we had to choose something.
To keep you current ratio you can simply upload at 900x600, 1200x800 etc