What megapixel do you shoot your photos in?

PHATSPEED7x · 03-19-2009, 07:30 PM

Do you shoot on the highest res, or do you shoot with a lower one? Does your memory card restrict you from taking alot of high res photos? Just wondering what people do with their cameras.

I got a Canon PowerShot A470 that can shot up to 7.1MP. With my 8GB SDHC card I can shot over 2500 pics on the highest res setting. But I can almost double it by shooting a 3MP shot. I know my sister shoots in 3MP all day long just because she only has a 1GB memory stick in her camera. My other friend shoots full res with 2GB SD card, and she ran out of room last night on her card. I had to borrow her one of my spare 1GB cards I keep in my camera bag.

**DCIScouts** · 03-19-2009, 07:37 PM

I usually run mine around 5MP because I like to have a little room to play with if I want to crop the pictures, but also not so huge that it chews up the memory cards.

**vroom_skies** · 03-19-2009, 07:37 PM

I shoot full resolution, which is 10MP.
I also shoot in RAW + Jpeg. So on my 8 Gig card that gives me a little under 400 shots.

When I got out shooting that is normally enough room. If it isn't i have extra cards etc.

**DCIScouts** · 03-19-2009, 07:38 PM

Keep in mind, I don't take my pictures for professional photography type of stuff in general.

[-0MEGA-] · 03-19-2009, 07:56 PM

I shoot in 15.1MP RAW format, which is around 25MB per image. I also use auto-exposure bracketing in some situations which takes 3 photos (one normal exposure, one underexposed, and one overexposed), so that really limits what I can take with my 8GB card. On RAW only I can get about 350 photos.

4NGU$ · 03-19-2009, 08:17 PM

if the shit is very important to me i shoot in raw and jpg
but i apart from that i shoot in large smooth jpg all the time
I don't use CF card of more than 4gb ether too much risk of a greater loss if you go any high than that

[-0MEGA-] · 03-19-2009, 08:30 PM

I never really found a need to shoot in RAW + JPG, I did several comparisons and probably about 99% of the time a photo looks better shot in RAW, tweak the photo slightly, and then save as a JPG. But for people who just want to shoot and not spend the time editing later, I'm sure it's fine for most uses.

speedyink · 03-19-2009, 10:33 PM

I always shoot at my full 8MP, but depending on what I'm taking a picture of I either take it in RAW or JPEG. I have an 8gb card so it takes quite a bit to fill it up (I use JPEG more than RAW, a habit I should get out of)

lawson_jl · 03-20-2009, 05:29 AM

I have a 7.1MP Cannon and shot at 7.1MP at all times. I have an 8GB SD card which gets me 4082 pictures at about 3MB each. Never filled the card yet.

Irishwhistle · 03-20-2009, 05:56 AM

I'm surprised you can only get 2.5K on that 8GB card... I can get 1-1.5K on my 2GB card at 7.1MP.

03-19-2009, 07:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
PHATSPEED7x Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hibbing MN Age: 26 Posts: 454	What megapixel do you shoot your photos in? Do you shoot on the highest res, or do you shoot with a lower one? Does your memory card restrict you from taking alot of high res photos? Just wondering what people do with their cameras. I got a Canon PowerShot A470 that can shot up to 7.1MP. With my 8GB SDHC card I can shot over 2500 pics on the highest res setting. But I can almost double it by shooting a 3MP shot. I know my sister shoots in 3MP all day long just because she only has a 1GB memory stick in her camera. My other friend shoots full res with 2GB SD card, and she ran out of room last night on her card. I had to borrow her one of my spare 1GB cards I keep in my camera bag. __________________ Adam Hanson Acer Aspire 4720-4538 laptop Vista Sony Vaio PCG-K25 laptop Ubuntu

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DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Houghton, Michigan, USA Age: 27 Posts: 5,976	I usually run mine around 5MP because I like to have a little room to play with if I want to crop the pictures, but also not so huge that it chews up the memory cards. __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

03-19-2009, 07:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
vroom_skies Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: CT Posts: 2,778	I shoot full resolution, which is 10MP. I also shoot in RAW + Jpeg. So on my 8 Gig card that gives me a little under 400 shots. When I got out shooting that is normally enough room. If it isn't i have extra cards etc. __________________ www.rsiphoto.com My Flickr Winner of the photography tournament theme: Flowers, Sunsets, Water Scapes, Blurs 2.0, Lightning/Fireworks, Vivid, Flowers in an Abstract Art Form, Waterways, PC Inurds, Most Confusing Image, Fire, Artificial lighting & Rocks.

03-19-2009, 07:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Houghton, Michigan, USA Age: 27 Posts: 5,976	Keep in mind, I don't take my pictures for professional photography type of stuff in general. __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

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[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Goffstown, NH Age: 21 Posts: 28,898	I shoot in 15.1MP RAW format, which is around 25MB per image. I also use auto-exposure bracketing in some situations which takes 3 photos (one normal exposure, one underexposed, and one overexposed), so that really limits what I can take with my 8GB card. On RAW only I can get about 350 photos. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 960 300GB 10,000K RPM // 750GB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605 www.photosbygeoff.com

03-19-2009, 08:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
4NGU$ VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 19 Posts: 2,322	if the shit is very important to me i shoot in raw and jpg but i apart from that i shoot in large smooth jpg all the time I don't use CF card of more than 4gb ether too much risk of a greater loss if you go any high than that __________________ Winner Photo Tourneys: Birds, Abstract, Shadows, Christmas, Not what it seems, Infinity, Colours of the Rainbow, Energy, Photographers and Lost "I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical." - Trent Parke "Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure, for me, in things as-they-are." -David Hurn

03-19-2009, 08:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Goffstown, NH Age: 21 Posts: 28,898	I never really found a need to shoot in RAW + JPG, I did several comparisons and probably about 99% of the time a photo looks better shot in RAW, tweak the photo slightly, and then save as a JPG. But for people who just want to shoot and not spend the time editing later, I'm sure it's fine for most uses. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 960 300GB 10,000K RPM // 750GB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605 www.photosbygeoff.com

03-19-2009, 10:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
speedyink Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Isl, BC Age: 22 Posts: 3,019	I always shoot at my full 8MP, but depending on what I'm taking a picture of I either take it in RAW or JPEG. I have an 8gb card so it takes quite a bit to fill it up (I use JPEG more than RAW, a habit I should get out of) __________________ Acer AM5100/Acer 6920G/Asus EEE 900HA AMD Phenom X4 9500 2.2GHZ/C2D T8300 @ 2.4ghz/Atom 1.6ghz 8GB DDR2 RAM/4GB DDR2 Ram/2GB DDR2 1TB HDD/320GB HDD/250 GB 512mb GeForce 8800GTS/512mb Geforce 9500M GS/Intel GMA 950 32" Viewsonic 1360x768/16" 1920x1080/8.9" 1024x600 Win 7 Ultimate all round My Deviantart

03-20-2009, 05:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
lawson_jl Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Age: 30 Posts: 579	I have a 7.1MP Cannon and shot at 7.1MP at all times. I have an 8GB SD card which gets me 4082 pictures at about 3MB each. Never filled the card yet. __________________ Any answears I give are free and without warrently. I answear questions from the point of view of a working computer tech because that what I am.

03-20-2009, 05:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
Irishwhistle Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 4,434	I'm surprised you can only get 2.5K on that 8GB card... I can get 1-1.5K on my 2GB card at 7.1MP. __________________ Desktop / MSI Wind U100 Netbook AMD 64 X2 2.6GHz / Intel Atom 1.6GHz 2GB DDR2 800 RAM / 1GB DDR2 667 RAM 9600GT 512MB GDDR3 GPU / Intel GMA950 ASUS M3A76-CM / Intel 945GSE Chipset 120GB IDE HDD (lol) / 160GB HDD

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