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Originally Posted by foxy mars  I've just got a new Nikon P50 CoolPix compact camera and have used it for a couple of months now. Being fairly new to digital photography, one thing is that the camera default image size is 3264 x 2448, but if I wanted it to match it to 35mm, then it's 3264 x 2176. Is 3264 x 2176 best for prints or does it not matter.
I'm doing a coast to coast walk in May and just wondering what would be best, the former or the latter image size. Or would it be best to get out on the field and do some trials runs between the two. |
there will be practically no difference in image quality (one gives 8m pixels the other a little over 7.1) but the difference is in terms of the ratio of height to width. So if you want to print at 6x4 then you should select 3264x2176 as this gives a width to height ratio of 1.5:1, the same as 6x4. The other image size gives a width to height ratio of 1.33:1 and so would provide prints of 6x4.5 or 5.33x4 which may not fit in frames or albums so easily. Alternatively, you could use the larger setting and then crop them to your chosen proportions once on your computer.
Matt