Recent content by mattjames

Ok the fog is starting to clear now. So just to clear up an issue in my head. If i was to shoot a picture on my camera using JPG setting and the same picture using RAW there would be no improvement in quality for printing purposes on the RAW file? I always assumed that there would be as the...

Ok im kind of getting it. I was zooming into my pics and not seeing a difference which was confusing. So for the purposes of printing 300 DPI is the best way. If i take the pictures that they want me to with my camera just on normal JPG format then copy these onto my PC and open them with...

Thanks for that, it kind of makes sense but i seem to have read so much today that my brain has turned to mush. They said that they want images that are 1500 by 1000 at 300 DPI. The thing that confuses me is this, I always assumed (possibly wrongly) that if you compared a picture that was 72...

Thanks for your continued advice. A lot of the technical stuff goes right over my head but im trying to take it all in. For me to provide an image to a magazine that is 300 DPI what would you say is my best method? If i shoot the picture in RAW does it give you a better qualit shot than...

Thanks for that link, I used that convertor to open the .ARW file and it lets me adjust all the bits, It does say that its 240 DPI so im guessing that the Sony a200 does not shoot any higher than this? When i save the file out of the converter which would be the best format to use, i...

Thanks for your reply. I have to say its for a charity magazine that dont pay for work so im not really pushing in i feel. I have taken a shots in RAW format, what would be the best way for me to take these off of the memory card? I have some software that came with my camera and that has...

To take them off of the card I just copy and paste. I use Picassa to go through and crop them. I do have Photoshop CS3 but and still getting to grips with it at the moment. When I look at the images on the memory card before I have even taken them off and select properties it says the DPI is...

I have been asked to supply some pictures to a magazine. They want the pictures to be 300 DPI. Im using a Sony a200 camera, if I have the format set to FINE then when i look at the images on the memory card they are only 72 DPI. If i set the format to RAW they are 240 DPI. Does anyone know...

Hi everyone, thought I would come in here and introduce myself. Im Matt, a keen photographer based in the Gloucestershire area. My partner and I have been photographing bands for a few years now and have recently started photographing tattoo and custom vehicle conventions. My partner uses a...