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Tailslide -> dumb question about digital cameras (7/29/2006 12:37:17)

Hi

Most digital cameras operate at a ratio of 4:3. I've set up a DB with image resizing which resizes all images with that ratio in mind.

Problem is, my client is producing images that are greatly different from 4:3 and are therefore squashed by the DB resizing thingy. He says that his camera is 640 x 480 but he's actually producing images that are very different ratio.

Would it be likely that a digital camera would enlarge to fit a wider subject or has he just got the wrong setting?



treetopsranch -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 0:19:51)

Weird photo sizes can occur when you crop. Ask your client if he is cropping the photos before sending them to you.



d a v e -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 1:37:30)

could be a panoramic function like on asp cameras??

can't you set some batch process up in your image editor to make them the right proportions?



Tailslide -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 3:00:31)

He says he's not doing any editing of the image.

Dave - is there a way to disable a panoramic function? Is it likely to be something that the client can disable and go back to the normal 4:3 ratio? The whole idea of this was that he wouldn't have to do any photo editing at all - just upload the original digital images.



d a v e -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 3:08:48)

i don't really know - seeing as most digi cameras seem to come in the standard ratios i assume he could take pics like that as well - ask him to check and if he doesn't know ask what camera make and model it is and find the online manual for it and see if it says there :)

my camera takes panoramas by stitching together conventional ratio pics, and all my various resolutions are in the same ratios



Tailslide -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 3:17:52)

That's a good idea Andy, I'll ask for the make and model and look it up myself.



d a v e -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 4:26:18)

who's Andy?? :)



Nicole -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 4:49:41)

This is Andy!

Perhaps it's your avatar Dave, perhaps Tail's getting confused?



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Tailslide -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 4:49:51)

Doh! sorry Dave - trying to do about 6 different things at the same time. I was talking to someone called Andy when I was typing the message!



d a v e -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 4:57:40)

that's ok Tracy [;)]



Mike54 -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 6:26:58)

quote:

seeing as most digi cameras seem to come in the standard ratios

I wish that were strictly true it would save me having to crop to standard sizes. My Canon DSLRs have a ratio of 3:2 which generally doesn't match up to standard print sizes (except 4x6 in prints). If I want 5x7, 8x10 or 11x14 in prints I have to crop. I believe some Nikon DSLRs have a similar crop factor.



d a v e -> RE: dumb question about digital cameras (8/1/2006 6:44:20)

i was thinking more of standard screen ratios (vga,svga,xvga....) i.e. multiples of 640x489 ;) it's annoying that they aren't quite the standard print sizes and heads get chopped!!



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