This is a 8MP camera, but even though my settings are Super Fine and Max Pixels (3264x2248) my jpegs are only 3MB.
Am I confusing MP with MB?
Am I confusing MP with MB?
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They look great, but I see images that are 7+MB on digital proof sheets. Are these RAW files? It's hard to tell the difference on a computer monitor as they are all less resolution than the jpegs. When I use Elements to raise the resolution for printing the pixel dimensions reduce proportionately.
What does the 8MP actually mean, something to do with the CCD size?
What does the 8MP actually mean, something to do with the CCD size?
"MP" is a megapixel, or 1 million pixels. Your camera takes the raw data and compresses it into a jpg. The compression results in your small file size.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel#Megapixel
Got it. The 8MP has more info than, say, the 5MP. I jack the images around so much in Photoshop you can't really tell the difference at the end of the day.
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