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Chris_S700 (ChrisS700) 2 pts

June 18, 2007 5:26 PM

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How to increase Horizontal and Vertical resolution from 72 dpi to 150 or 300 dpi on my S700

Hi There,
While comparing pictures from my old Nikon coolpix and the new Fuji S700. I noticed that the pictures from my 10 year old nikon were sharper and clearer in low light (actually quite bright) shade (as opposed to shadow) conditions.

On examining the file properties via -> right click file -> properties -> summary (advanced), I noticed the following:

My Nikon coolpic 950 takes pictures at : 1600 * 1200 (width and hight) and horizontal resolution of : 300 DPI, vertical resolution of 300 DPI.

The Fuji S700 takes pictures at : 3072 * 2304 and horizontal resolution of 72 DPI and vertical resolution of 72 DPI.
At 7M fine setting.

Why is the horizontal and vert resolution listed only at 72? How do I increase it.

I believe the reason I'm getting grainy images from my S700 has something to do with this.

I can't find the setting anywhere. It stays at 72dpi for all auto and manual settings.

Those that are happy with their results can you please post your image findings? I want to see if I got a defective camera.

Thanks,
Chris

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Chris_S700 (ChrisS700) 2 pts

June 18, 2007 5:33 PM

I know DPI has to do with printing images and PPI has to do with display.
I was wondering if the default DPI/PPI for the images from my S700 can be increased to 150 to 300 dpi/ppi.
Thanks,
Chris

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John Ml. 583 pts

June 18, 2007 5:50 PM

dpi is something that won't make any difference in the image quality, only in printers it makes a difference. Looks like cameras come with some default dpi value for printing, if you want to change this value use your editing program. I see all fuji come with 72 dpi, canon show 150 dpi and so on.

I found a forum that might just tell you what you want.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17513100

The grain in your pictures is what is commonly called noise. This is produced when using a high ISO. The camera you have has a max ISO of 1600, but noise start to be visible at ISO 400, so try not to go over that level unless necessary.

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Chris_S700 (ChrisS700) 2 pts

June 18, 2007 6:38 PM

Hi John,

Thanks for the reply, I do try not to go over the ISO 100. The S700 unfortunately takes pics at high ISO in auto modes.

I'm not happy with the image sensor too, it picks up a lot of noise even in "P" or program mode. I'm disappointed with this camera. I'm yet not sure, if this is a defective item or the S700's are just crappy.

Thanks,
Chris

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John Ml. 583 pts

June 19, 2007 8:38 AM

If you have the chance to return, them i will suggest you to highly consider the the S6000fd. This camera has a true Super CCD Fujifilm sensor, same as the greatly known and appreciated F series. In terms of ISO performance and Image Quality this camera is a world apart. The only thing that might worry you is its burky size, but that's nothing you can't get used to. best of all, this camera cost around 250.00 after 50.00 mail in rebate, not far from the price of the S700.

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Barb 0 pts

July 25, 2007 4:21 PM

I have the S6000fd that I just bought for a trip to Alaska and when I came back and looked at the metadata I noticed that every image was 72 dpi. Needless to say I freaked out looking everywhere on how to change it (I had assumed it was at 300 dpi and they don't tell you in the specs), but alas, there was no way to go to 300 dpi (only afterwards in photoshop). When I compared it to some photos taken with the Nikon coolpix at 300 dpi, there was a huge difference when zoomed in, however, a professional photog told me all the finepix were 72 dpi, just to keep the quality at the highest 6M F (2848x2136) and be concerned about the finished print quality, and if I was keeping the size to 4x6, 5x7 or 8x10, I should be ok. He also said the Super CCD fujifilm sensor is better. It's feature rich and I like everything else about it. But I just like 300 dpi (there's no zizzies)!

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Bernadine M. Baradi 0 pts

February 4, 2009 9:18 PM

my canon xsi has only 72 dpi in horizontal/vertical resolution only. how can i increase it to 150 or 300?

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How to increase Horizontal and Vertical resolution from 72 dpi to 150 or 300 dpi on my S700

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