[meteorite-list] Mystery

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:05 2004
Message-ID: <B9E6C55E.1C14%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Steve,
        I have it on good authority a monitor cannot display finer than 72
dpi. However, you can SET the dpi to anything - and apparently, 300 dpi
is a good print level IF you are printing - but totally unnecessary for
web viewing and increasing the dpi WOULD increase download time.
In my instance, it was gif vs. jpg only. JPG is much faster.
        Someone may know how high is best for printing, but I always assumed
it was the highest dpi obtainable.
        Best wishes, Michael

on 10/30/02 6:06 PM, SSachs9056_at_aol.com at SSachs9056@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Michael and List,
>
> I'm not sure if this will help you or not. The photograph portion of the
> software I use (PhotoStudio 2000) for my meteorite website gave me the option
> of scanning photographs anywhere from a 75dpi resolution to 2400dpi
> resolution. I initially scanned the photos at about 600dpi. Little did I
> realize until I tried opening the website that it took many minutes for all
> of the pics to display. Needless to say at 600dpi, the images took up a
> tremendous amount of real estate. I re-scanned all of the pics again at
> 75dpi, and there was really no discernible difference in picture quality. The
> pics loaded up at least 6-7 times as fast, the website was much quicker to
> display...all was right with the world.
>
> Now, I don't a thing about digital cameras but I would surmise that if the
> cameras allowed the operator to determine the dpi / resolution, a lower
> resolution might work as long as it does not affect the image quality. Anyone
> else with a thought on this?
> My two dpi worth... ;-)
>
> Steven L. Sachs

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