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Amanda (luvmyjayden) 0 pts

Every time I try to print a 4x6 picture from my camera, it comes out really blurry. The pixels say that they are 160x120 so I know thats part of the

reason but I don't know how to fix it. My boyfriends pics from his camera come out perfect and they say the pixels on them are 1280x960. Can I set my camera to a different setting? The file siza from my camera says it is 4.78 KB(4896 BYTES) and my boyfriends camera says his file size is 686 KB(702,594 BYTES). Whatever that means, its quite a HUGE difference! Im really scared that I have hundreds of pictures that I will never be able to print! Somebody please give me some good news:(
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Brenda P (BrendaP) 28729 pts
July 13, 2007 11:33 AM
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Hi Amanda,
Absolutely you can fix this. I'm not sure what setting you do have it on, since I don't think there's a 160x120 and there is a 1600x1200, but that should give you decent 4x6 prints. Regardless, to fix this, have the camera in Record mode (ready to shoot) and turn the top dial to Manual mode. Then hit the Menu button. A big list of icons will pop up on the screen; use the arrows to go down to the L in the bottom left corner. This is resolution; use the arrows to scroll to the right and choose among the various sizes.

Like I said, if you're at 1600x1200 I don't know why you're not getting good prints. If you're set smaller than that, then I could understand it. But experiment by bumping it up a notch and see what happens. Also, You on the icon just above the L (the little curve thing with the S in it), check and make sure your compression level is set to Normal (not Fine or Superfine; these aren't necessary and will eat up a lot of space, especially if you're kicking up your resolution).

Not much you can do for past pictures, but hope that helps for future ones.
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