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PowerShot SX20 IS - What setting for the best resolution of my photos for printing?

M3l1ndaT3ns — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:54:21 GMT

I want to photograph a lot of my customer's art. What should I set the image size to to get the best prints? It's an SX20IS.

Re: PowerShot SX20 IS - What setting for the best resolution of my photos for printing?

Waddizzle — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:36:00 GMT

The best resolution to use for capturing photos should almost always be the highest resolution of your image capture device, which in your case means a camera.

I recommend that you shoot RAW for the best results. However, consumer cameras are terrible when it comes to “scanning” or “digitizing” a printed image. They simply lack the resolution.

Re: PowerShot SX20 IS - What setting for the best resolution of my photos for printing?

M3l1ndaT3ns — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:40:30 GMT

What is RAW?

Re: PowerShot SX20 IS - What setting for the best resolution of my photos for printing?

Tronhard — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:51:23 GMT

I recommend you check out the article at THIS LINK. Of particular note is the section: What is a RAW file? The challenge is that printing is not just a matter of shooting an image and sending it off to a printer. Creating a decent print requires some work on a computer afterwards: Post Processing and this is a somewhat different skill from that of taking the image in the first place.

Much depends on what size prints you are hoping to create - do you have some idea of what that would be? Is there a particular purpose for printing: family photos, photos for some kind of show, to compete, etc?

Re: PowerShot SX20 IS - What setting for the best resolution of my photos for printing?

M3l1ndaT3ns — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:42:35 GMT

Thank you so very much. What an excellent, well written article. So very easy to understand!