Hi

[carneygeorge]

I bought a Canon Power Shot S3 IS put it on email setting but still having problems posting as some pictures come out 120 or smaller and some are 120 or larger. The first picture was 129 so I could not post. The second was 79 so I posted it although it was fuzzy.The rest are stuff I found and couldn't post,need any keys? found on old ski slope. Need help getting down below 120KB HH George in Colorado

 

[Gord SW Ont]

I would not recommend using the low resolution settings in the camera.

The best results will come from taking maximum resolution images in your camera which can then be post processed for excellent results (especially macro shots) and you can save specially reduced versions for web viewing. You should keep the original image as well.

If you don't have an image processing program there are inexpensive ones around (ie Paint Shop Pro) and even a few free ones that can improve the photos and save for the web..

Even with your low rez image I very quickly post processed it (lightened it a bit) and reduced it by more than half (ie approx 57kb) as an example. With a full rez image the results could be much improved.

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[carneygeorge]

Amazing HH George

 

[Gord SW Ont]

Here is an example of a photo of a ring I found with my detector. It was taken with a point & shoot (Canon A95) and was post processed and reduced to about 70kb using photoshop (but would still look pretty good much smaller).

It shows what is possible ... and your S3 should be able to do even better.

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HH ... later ... Gord SW Ont.

 

[bobnoodle]

Good evening. Others are correct here in saying to always take your photos at the highest resolution/finest settings that you can and use a post program to minimize physical and file size. The attached photo is about 110kb but originally started out about 3 megs from my Digital Rebel XT.

I use a very simple photo program called Slowview 1.0. If you Google it up you'll find a million places to download it. It's adware and spyware free and it's a free program. Download and install is simple and straightforward. You can choose what you want to see in the toolbar, and what sort of filetype you want to save in. (It will always open to the last file you opened in and save to the last location you saved but you can browse to any location.) You'll find a couple other settings that will make it easier and you can adjust, resize, crop, sharpen, etc with very little headache.

I have used versions of it since its inception and always load it on computers that I build/repair for others. It's a great free alternative to a pay program or hot software.

Good luck with it all...
Bob