To, Lea Murphy, Digital image is composed of small area definitions called pixels. So higher the pixels for a given area greater the details you get and vice versa. An image of say, 5 or 6 megapixels contains more detailed information of a given area than an image of 1 or 2 megapixels. In other words if we take the analogy of conventional negative based photography, the defference here will that between a fine grain (which will have more details) and normal developing (which will have a grainy image). Higher the information larger the image can be enlarged, also higher the megapixels better are the details in a smaller image if we print it with a software like FotoReplica. In continuation to this there is a good explainatory article available at http://www.deltrasoftware.com/papers/printing.html Shirish Deshpande ----- Original Message ----- From: "lea" <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 6:03 PM Subject: digital size question > I'm curious about something and I'm pretty sure someone here can explain > it to me. > > I shoot with a Canon 10D which is a 6.1 megapixel camera. Mostly I shoot > on the large/fine setting; now and again on medium/fine and if I'm doing > quick light checks I shoot on small/fine. > > Each of these images is, of course, a smaller size respecitvely. > > What I don't understand is what is changing. > > Thanks for any light you can shine on this. > Lea > > > Lea Murphy > Whiny Dog Press www.whinydogpress.com > >
