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glennj · Apr 18, 2004, 4:27 PM

Can anyone explain the difference between the Fine vs Standard settings. I tried cropping and enlarging pics shot with the Standard setting and they lost a lot of sharpness. thanks.

Rayfire · Apr 19, 2004, 3:01 AM

I think the main difference between Fine, Standard is the compression ratio. With high compression ratio a part of the data is lost.
So using Standard you are receiving smaller size, but worse quality, compared to Fine.

I am using Fine quality settings, and taking photos in P mode with ISO set to 50.

Puck M · Apr 22, 2004, 11:58 AM

Rayfire gave the answer. Higher JPEG compression. I use only the fine setting and would never go below that unless I was running out of space on my card, didn't have a spare and needed to take more pictures. Since I've got 512mB of cards good for over 300 pictures that's not likely to happen unless I go on another 10 day cruise to Alaska. In that case I'll get another 256mB card before I go.

Apr 18, 2004, 4:27 PM	#1
glennj Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 23	Z2 Fine vs Standard Can anyone explain the difference between the Fine vs Standard settings. I tried cropping and enlarging pics shot with the Standard setting and they lost a lot of sharpness. thanks.

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Apr 19, 2004, 3:01 AM	#2
Rayfire Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 15	I think the main difference between Fine, Standard is the compression ratio. With high compression ratio a part of the data is lost. So using Standard you are receiving smaller size, but worse quality, compared to Fine. I am using Fine quality settings, and taking photos in P mode with ISO set to 50.

Apr 22, 2004, 11:58 AM	#3
Puck M Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 397	Rayfire gave the answer. Higher JPEG compression. I use only the fine setting and would never go below that unless I was running out of space on my card, didn't have a spare and needed to take more pictures. Since I've got 512mB of cards good for over 300 pictures that's not likely to happen unless I go on another 10 day cruise to Alaska. In that case I'll get another 256mB card before I go.