What should Photo file size be?

RussA · 3 Jan 2008 at 13:55

Bought the wife a digital compact camera for xmas, a 7Megapixel kodak, and took half a dozen shots with it. The file size for each pic was about 1 Meg.

My old canon powershot s20 - a 3megapixel camera produces files of about 2.5-3Meg.

Shouldn't the new 7 megapixel camera be producing file sizes of about 5-7Mbytes (when set to 7Megapixel resolution of course!) or am I missing something here???

Thanks.

RussA · 3 Jan 2008 at 14:01

I went through every available menu, and there was only 1 relevant one, and that was set to 7Mp. Took it back to the shop, and the woman behind the counter said "oh they all produce file sizes of about 1 Mp" - I chose not to get into a debate with her. Should have added that the files were jpg's.

RussA · 3 Jan 2008 at 14:10

On the old canon producing the 2.5Mp files from a "3.1Megapixel" sensor, the picture resolution was set to fine, and they were def jpg's - just checked.

This is why I don't understand the 7Mp of the new kodak compact only producing 1Meg files - or this is just deceiptful advertising where the cam may have a 7Mpix sensor but is only capable (for the reason that I can't determine) of producing 1Meg files???

RussA · 3 Jan 2008 at 14:24

How do I upload a pic? For the record, I'm comimg rapidly to the conclusion that the camera is probably not going to produce a 6-7Mp file, and its simply marketing b******t for the manufacturer to call it a "7megapixel" camera when it clearly can only product 1Meg files... should have known better.

So, next question - who makes the best £100 compact digital cam....