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Sony 72 dpi
Why does Sony use 72 dpi for its jpg where others use up to 300 dpi for jpgs?
A.J.
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Does it really matter? Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Photoshop you can alter the DPI to whatever number you like without affecting the image quality? Isn't it actually just an instruction for the printer?
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72 dpi is standard WEB resolution, meaning SONY JPG images are directly ready for web publication. What does that mean ... I still have to resize to 800x600 for most shots I put up.
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Yeah, I have been shooting RAW and haven't noticed that yet. IIRC 72dpi is also the highest resolution you can detect on a computer monitor. This became incredibly obvious in my days at Kinko's. Customers would bring in photos that looked great on the screen at 72dpi, then the prints would look horrible unless at about 200 dpi or better.
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The DPI attached to the image file you get from the camera means very little. It's simply a ratio of the stated dimensions of the image to the number of pixels in the image. But since you can change the stated dimensions at will, you can change the DPI at will. DPI only becomes relevant when you print an image at a specific size.
To make the math easier, assume it was 100 DPI. If you camera is takes images that are 3000x4000 pixels, it would be listed as 30"x40" inches at 100 DPI. Change the DPI to 300 and you end up with an image listed at 10"x13.33". But no pixels would have changed, it's the exact same set of bits. Nothing matters until you choose a DPI for printing.
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A.J.
Hey this looks dangerous.......You go first!
If at first you don't succeed, Skydiving is not for you!
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 Originally Posted by AJ Gressette
Good link, it's much easier to understand than the Wikipedia's article on DPI or PPI in digital image files.
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Very good explanation David...
Thanks
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