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Re: [OM] Traveling OM1

Subject: Re: [OM] Traveling OM1
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:41:25 -0500
Ok, I played with some files, and I agree.  Thanks.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Traveling OM1


> You only need to change the size of the image.  The resolution setting
> doesn't do anything except to mark the image as such.  It is only
> advisory information to any application that cares to use it.  Most
> don't unless you are printing and resolutions of less than 100 are not
> useful for printing.  You can just skip the resolution setting since
> it's not doing anything useful for you or anyone else.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Hi Chuck,
>>
>> I don't understand all of the sizing process, but have found that, in PS
>> Elements, if I change the resolution to 96, and then size the image to
>> something around 600 to 800, I get reasonably-sized files for use on the
>> net. It works for me.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Traveling OM1
>>
>>
>>> Just curious about why some folks continue to hold on to resolution
>>> numbers such as "72dpi" while also giving an image size in pixels.  The
>>> image size in pixels is all that's required and, in fact, all that's
>>> desired.  Since the native resolution of my monitor is about 95 pixels
>>> per inch I wouldn't want the display software to try stretching the
>>> image to 72dpi.  That would change the image display from about 8.4"
>>> wide to 11.1" wide and force a lot of interpolation to fill in the extra
>>> 256 pixels horizontally.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>> Michael Collins wrote:
>>>> Hi Clay (and Russ and Frank and Dawid, too),
>>>>
>>>> This is my translation of the original rules.
>>>>
>>>> Film, lenses, subjects:
>>>> - entirely your choice
>>>>
>>>> Images:
>>>> - choose four images
>>>> - scan them [or you could get JPEGs when you have them processed]
>>>> - resample/resize the images to 72dpi and 800 pixels on the long side
>>>>   for horizontal, 580px tall if vertical
>>>> - save the images in the .jpg format
>>>> - email them to <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx> copy 
>>>> <MRC.OO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> - send a description of each image in the body of the email -
>>>>   information such as the image's title, lens, film, aperture,
>>>>   shutter speed, location, etc. and a little story about the image.
>>>>
>>>> E.g.,
>>>>  Title: Oil-soaked Birds
>>>>  Photo Location: Upper Loon Lake near Premier Ed Stelmach's summer home
>>>>  Exposure: not recorded, probably around 1/60
>>>>  Lens: Zuiko 18mm f3.5 @ f5.6
>>>>  Film: Kodak T400cn
>>>>  Technical Details: Photo CD from the local photo lab
>>>>  Comments: Looking across the pond, wishing for a Liberal government.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/28/09 4:34 PM, Clay Nichols wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Received the camera today. Brings back memories. What are the rules 
>>>>> for
>>>>> pix?
>>>>> Clay
>>>>
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