Hi everyone. I'm writing and taking pics for a newspaper now. I have a Cannon s5Is. The pictures are coming out at 180 dpi. They told me they're not of any use, they have to be a minimum of 300 dpi and said I can change it on my camera. However, I don't see it anywhere on the camera menu or anywhere in the user guide.
How do I fix this? I have a deadline Monday and it's a holiday weekend, I don't think I can take it to the camera shop to ask until Tuesday.
Do you have a "Quality" button?
I wonder if this would be what you need to change?
You should do a search online. Maybe you can come up with an answer. Or you could always call the camera shop.
You said you have a Canon. So, if you camera came with Digital Photo Professional, you can adjust the dpi by batching the photo. That's how I do it. Not sure it will work though, if the pics are coming out of the camera at 180 dpi.
Let us know how it turns out.
Good luck,
Scotty
I found this online...
You cannot set the dpi value on your camera. In fact I don't know about any camera that does that. Digital cameras work in pixels. What you do is set the picture size in menu using available values which are:
L (maximum resolution, large size, 3264x2448 pixels)
M1 (medium1, 2592x1944 pixels)
M2 (medium1, 2048x1536 pixels)
M3 (medium1, 1600x1200 pixels)
S (small, 640x480 pixels)
W (wide 3264x1832 - used with 16:9 aspect ratio)
and don't forget to keep the compression ratio at "S" meaning Superfine.
Thanks. I can't find it online, and accidentally tossed the English user manual and kept the Spanish one.
I can't find the picture size in the menu, I've been trying, and can't find anywhere online that tells.
Basic Manual
http://dms.sjmc.umn.edu/Equipment_Guides/DIgital_Camera_Guides/PowerShotS5IS_Basics.pdf
Advanced Manual
http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/0900009893/PowerShotS5IS_CUGad_EN.pdf
DPI has nothing to do with your camera's resolution. It has everything to do with your printer resolution. You can change your DPI in any good photo editor. I use Gimp and it can be done from there. I'm sure Photoshop or PSP will do it too.