San Antonio Senior Portrait Photographers

YOUR COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERA HOW TO GET THE BEST RESULTS

It is becoming more and more common to find people who have a digital camera  tucked away somewhere in their luggage, or handbag when they are away on holidays or attending a special occasion. There are some very good pointers to consider when using your compact digital camera to get the very best photos. Particularly if you want to print your images or enlarge them on photo paper or even turn them into a canvas print.

Use the Highest Resolution On Your Compact Camera

One of the issues we see when printing canvas photo print is great images with a low file size. Most people will set their compact digital camera  up to take the most number of photos possible for the card size or memory stick. The drawback with this is it produces the smallest file size for each image, which is o.k if you only want to preview them on a computer screen, digital photo frame or television. When you get that great photo of your family, dog, landscape, friends or whatever it is that is important to you, you become very limited as to what you can do with the image if it is a small file size.

Memory sticks and cards are so cheap these days, it is really worth setting you camera to the highest quality it can take, so on the chance you get that amazing photo you can enlarge it to whatever size you like. Normally the process of setting up you camera is fairly simple. It is just a case of going into the camera set up via the main menu, then looking for the largest image size and finest resolution. Then setting it to the lowest possible number of pictures and the ‘fine’ setting. Simply take the time to have a look in the instruction book to figure out how. If all else falls go into your local printing store and ask for assistance. I’m confident they would be more than willing to help you out and they may even give you a few other tips about your camera while you are there. If you are away on vacation go into the local printing store where you are staying and they may even be able tell you the best time of day and location to take great landscape shots of the region you are staying in.

It is important to remember keep a few extra memory cards or sticks on hand, in case you run out of room on your existing card or stick.

Don’t Use Large Memory Cards

There may be a chance that your memory card or stick is corrupt and unfortunately you don’t usually find out until you try to download the images. We highly recommend not having cards bigger than 1GB or 2GB, but always keep several on hand so. Another reason for having smaller cards is that you are more likely to download the images. When the photos are downloaded you can have a closer look at them. Discard the ones that are no good, have a closer look at the good ones. Zoom in see how sharp they are and possibly consider getting them printed. If you keep your photos filed in a orderly manner you can easily go back and find them. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to find that ’special’ shot on your camera or computer and having to go through hundreds of photos and still no being able to find the one you want. It is also highly recommended that you back up all your files, including photo files.

If you find that you have a corrupt memory card or stick, there are programs available to help you recover the data, but this is not always possible. So keep several smaller cards at hand and download regularly.

Conclusion

We recommend that you always set your card to the best possible photo quality that your camera is able to produce. After all if you are not using the largest file size your digital camera can produce you are not using it to its full potential. Use smaller memory cards or sticks on hand and download regularly. If you are looking for more tips on how to take photos and get the best out of your camera, please go to Canvas Prints Online.

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