mark_forman

<b>People,</b>

I want to purchase a DigiCam that's around 4 megapixels.

It has support TIFF, as I want a lossless format; & it has to take

movies w/ sound.

Is there anything out there that fits that bill�from the major

mfg.�s?

Thanks,

<b>mark4man</b>

People,

Sold my Nikon CoolPix 4300 because I wanted to go with a DigiCam

which took MPEG movies (video "&" audio.)

Was hoping to go with a Cannon PowerShot A80...come to find out that

none of the Cannon DigiCams support TIFF format.

So my question is: Is there an A80 setting which offers super

minimal compression (or no compression)? &...how much does it

really matter.

I'm not the world's biggest JPEG fan...I like to edit & retouch in

TIFF; & then save to JPEG as the last step (do to the fact that JPEG

looses quality with every save.)

Can someone help me out on this?

Thanks,

mark4man

People,

Recorded a Movie File (.MOV) last night at a banquet with my CoolPix

4300; & have no sound.

I know it's not my Sound Card (I opened up the Card's Console; &

there is no audio output from the file.)

Does the camera record audio along with the movie?

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

mark4man

Chris & Wally,

Thanks very much. In keeping with your instructions . . . I was about to begin a photo album project today; & was intending to open my digital photos first; to change the res to 300 ppi "without Resampling" (Photoshop 6.)

Will this matter at all?

& . . . should I Resample or not? (for color printer output.)

My original thinking was: Since my printer's res is 600 dpi, I wanted the digital photos to be 300 ppi. And since Photoshop can change the Pixel Dimension/Image Resolution realtionship without Resampling, I thought that would be ideal. Now, I'm not so sure.

Thanks,

mark4man

Carl,

Oh man . . .

Thanks for the response (& you certainly know where you're going . . . moreso than I do.)

I guess now I'll have to wrap my head around what actually happens relative to the Image Size dialog in Photoshop, when the Resample Image box is checked vs. unchecked (& . . . I guess I've ruined every photo I've resized in the past year, due to the fact that that box has *never* been unchecked.)

Just a couple of final questions:

So that 72 ppi that I see displayed as the image resolution in Photoshop when I open up one of my Nikon photos . . . based on what you're telling me, is that a function of the camera itself or the default image res setting in Photoshop?

In keeping with that thought, if I were to go with a smaller image size setting in the Nikon . . . based on this inverse proportion theory, would that increase the ppi for the shots?

Thanks again,

mark4man

People,

First of all . . . I'm new to the group; & wanted to say hello to

everyone.

Now, my question.

I purchased my digital camera (CoolPix 4300) before I really knew

anything about industry standards or so many technical aspects. It

now occurs to me that . . . well, let me put it this way:

What's the sense in continuing on with the Pixel Rating wars, if the

resolution remains at 72 ppi for most of these cameras (in the

industry)? What is the advantage of grabbing a 4 or 5 megapixel

camera, if the top resolution for a .jpg remains at 72 ppi? The

result of a high Pixel Rating & a low resolution is just simply a

huge photo, dimensionally! Right?

The quality of a digital photo is accomplished by higher resolution,

right?

---------------------------------------------------------------------

---

OK, enough on the philosophical side . . . maybe someone can help me

on the technical side:

Is there any way (on the 4300) to change the .jpg resolution to a

higher setting than 72 ppi. Is there something I missed in the

manual, or on the controls?

Thanks much,

mark4man

BTW - I know the camera has the ability to shoot 300 ppi .tiff's. I

was just hoping there was some moderate ground on the .jpg's, to

increase photo quality (resolution) & thereby decrease dimensions.