Re: resolution

On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 01:10:38PM +0100, poml_at_poeml.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> see, the camera has three resolutions: 512 (low), 1024 (med),
> 1280 (high).
> The CCD chip is 1024.
> 
> So, I'm trying to figure out, how under Windoof they interpolate the
> picture to 1280.

So do you think it is the Winblows that interpolates, not the camera?

> The thing is:
> If I take a picture of the same stuff, one in med res one in high res,
> I get two different file sizes for the EXIF.
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        96256 Sep  8 12:59 PIC0002
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       144384 Sep  8 12:59 PIC0003

Strange.

> But, if you open the pictures, they are (of course) both 1024.
> 
> So where's the difference? Is it just the JPEG compression factor maybe?

Sounds resonable, since a compression with less loss would allow the
interpolation... 

> Can you maybe try it out? If you can see a difference?

Later ;)

> Peter, you can have example pictures from me, if you want.

Why not put them on a web page?

Peter
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