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Canon EOS 6D For Dummies
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Canon EOS 6D For Dummies

by Doug Sahlin
March 2013
Beginner
384 pages
9h 45m
English
For Dummies
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Selecting Image Size and Quality

In This Chapter

arrow Determining image size, format, and quality

arrow Comparing image formats and file sizes

arrow Creating folders and a file-numbering method

Your camera captures images with a resolution of 20.2 megapixels, which is humongous, ginormous, or any other adjective you prefer to indicate something that’s big. The good news: This gives you a tremendous amount of flexibility. You can print images as large as 23.9 x 15.2 inches. Thinking of the possibilities of decorating your house with your photographs? The bad news: The large size takes up lots of room on your memory card and lots of room on the hard drive that you store your images on. Fortunately, you can specify different sizes by using the camera’s menu options if you have memory cards and hard drives with small capacities.

In addition to concerning yourself with image size, you also have the file format you choose to worry about. Your camera can capture images in the RAW or JPEG format, or capture both formats simultaneously. When you capture images in the RAW format, you must process them. ...

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