I have the sony cybershto T2 (the new touchscreen camera that comes in different colors) and the resolution of the pictures stink since they are all taken in JPEG format and only have 72 dpi. I called sony and one guys told me that you can’t change the setting for what format the picture is taken in (JPEG). Any suggestions?? Please answer this only if you know the answer or have a clue what i’m even talking about.
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Categories: Photography Tips
Sony are correctomundo. They have it pegged. You cannot change it. Sorry.
This is an 8 megapixel camera that you can adjust for these resolutions (all jpegs):
3264 x 2176
1920 x 1080
2592 x 1944
640 x 480
You may have it set for the lowest resolution which is only suitable for web presentation. Check your owner’s manual to see how to set it for large/fine setting, which you should use all the time. You can always scale down a 3264 pixel image but you can’t scale up a 640.
SONY was correct in telling you that you can’t change the format from jpeg, but they weren’t helpful otherwise. You should be getting great shots from this camera at full resolution.
By the way, dpi is basically a guideline. The absolute final word is the pixel dimension of the image.
he’s correct. if you process the image in photoshop or something like, you can change the resolution. or if you take the images to most reputable processing places, they will change the resolution to at least 240 prior to printing, but you may end up with smaller images.
The second person gave you a lot of good information. Yes, your camera will only take jpgs, but there are a couple of things going on here.
One is there should be a setting or settings (probably in the menu screen—check your manual) for “image quality” and “image size” or “file size.” ALWAYS USE THE BEST OF BOTH. In other words, if there’s a fine and very fine setting or something similar, always pick the very fine. For image size, always choose Large or whatever the top choice is. Do not make the mistake of worrying about fitting more images on your memory card/stick. Bits are cheap, it’s always better to buy a few more cards and take the largest &best images you can.
When you open up your images on your computer, they may default to 72 dpi because that is screen resolution. If you are looking at them in something like Photoshop, there is usually a way to see the size: go to Image>size, When that dialog comes up, you may see that the resolution is set at 72 dpi, but the image itself is HUGE. You can change that dpi, make sure to allow the size (if measured in inches, it’s easy to see) decreases as the resolution increases.
I know the first few times I worked with images off a camera this threw me. Then I realized what was going on, and image that were like 12 x17 inches at 72 dpi came down to something like 6 x 9 (these are not the actual sizes, but just to give you an idea) when I increased the dpi and kept everything else relative.