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Old 05-29-2008, 08:10 PM
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Learning a New Camera

So, ever since I got my picture took with a Canon Digital Rebel a few years ago I've wanted one myself....well, through the mysteries of the universe I now have one. But dang, its like being the first day in astronaut training. Been studying up on it for a couple week now. After work took a couple test pics with the timer.

As cool as this camera is (Canon Digital Rebel XTi/400D) I found that when I reduce the pic size to a reasonable one for posting that the tartan gets scrambled. A while back someone explained what this was called and why.

Here's an example of the reduced pic size that Infranview does. Think its 640x800. Thats my new USA Kilts semi trad in Dress Gordon after a long day in the office. Never mind the white shoes...was trying it out.



And here's what happens if I crop the same pic but leave it large. The croping reduces a lot, but it still big, but the camera gets a great shot of the tartan.



Still a lot to learn but this is the first day after over three weeks of study, that I've set up the camera, shot with the timer, downloaded, then tried to figure out how to keep the tartan look without bombing the forum with a huge pic.

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Old 05-29-2008, 08:13 PM
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Congratulations on the new Camera Ron, I just recently found out where the timer is on mine so you're doing better than I did, personally I like the shot cropped, as you say it shows the tartan to it's best advantage that way.
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Very nice pic, and cool shoes man.
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I have no doubt that you will figure it out Ron and be blessing us with new photos very soon.
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Old 05-29-2008, 09:17 PM
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Nice camera! The 10MP images will give you plenty of resolution for cropping, effectively giving you a telephoto lens. Compressed too much, the regular tartan patterns frequently create a Moiré effect. The close-up can be reasonably reduced to 600 or 800 pixels on the longest edge with IrfanView's resize/resample option. There's even a batch mode capability under File/Batch Conversion/Advanced Options.

Looking forward to some detailed pleat shots.
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