More Sony DSC-V3 pictures

[tournesol]

These pictures were all taken using flash, and some of them using macro.

The cat does not suffer, it allways sleeps like that :) Notice the fine details in its hair.

http://www.itu.dk/people/gabriel/v3/

Sincerely,
Peter from Denamark

[catlady]

After approximately six month of analysis, I am very close to buying this camera. But I am a little concerned that the pictures are 'too sharp'.

Since there is a digital image rather then an analog image, it seems to me that if the picture totally replicates the digital image, it will look unnatural.

Your pictures seem to demonstrate the issue exactly. Your 'small' images are perfect!!! But, in my opinion, some of the other pictures are unnatural. The lines are not smooth but jagged. I believe this is a deficiency in digital photography. Do you disagree?

I would like to know what mode you took these pictures in? What mode do you use for the 'small' pictures, or they just cropped?

I am a complete amatuer, so a simple explanation is better for me. No digital experience yet.

ps. My Pumpkin looks just like your cat.

[Ray Schnoor]

Your pictures seem to demonstrate the issue exactly. Your 'small' images are perfect!!! But, in my opinion, some of the other pictures are unnatural. The lines are not smooth but jagged. I believe this is a deficiency in digital photography. Do you disagree?

I would like to know what mode you took these pictures in? What mode do you use for the 'small' pictures, or they just cropped?

I am a complete amatuer, so a simple explanation is better for me. No digital experience yet.I'm not sure if Peter created the "small images" in camera automatically, or afterwards with photo editing software, but all that was probably done was to downsize/resample the large image to make it "fit" better on a computer monitor.

If you were to print the 2 photos, though, you would see that the original, or large photo would look better. This is because most people will agree that you need at least 200-300 pixels per inch to get good results in a printed photo. The "small" photos are resampled to 600 x 800 pixel files which would result in an acceptable print with a maximum size of 3" x 4". The large photo (2304 x 3072 pixels) would result in an acceptable print with a maximum size of up to ~11" x ~15". Most prints are at least 4" x 6" so the small photo would probably not be acceptable at this size.

The small photo looks good on your computer monitor because the native resolution of your monitor, 72 dpi, is much less than what is required for a good print and an 600 x 800 pixel file will display at ~8" x ~11" while a 2304 x 3072 pixel file will display at 32" x 42" which is why you probably have to scroll around the image. If you change the settings in your browser to "auto resize" photos, your browser will resample the large photo to fill your browser window and you will probably see that the large photo is actually better.