10D file size

[dave k]

Hi All
Just join this forum also joined the world of digital. I have just got a 10d previous camera eos 50 E. I was wondering what people have found to be the best file size to shoot at mainly printing a A4 and web use.
dave k

[martcol]

Hi Dave

Welcome to the Forum - this is the place to be. Plenty of advice, good attitude, lots of help for recent converts, and plenty of technical stuff usually going on to give yourself a bit of a headache! :D

As for file size, most people here seem to shoot in RAW which will give monster files sizes. I usually shoot in largest JPEG which I almost understand now! This gives room usually, to crop an tweak in Photoshop.

If the files too big you can print down but not up!

Someone else will probably give you the technical answer. I just wanted to say Hi!

Martin

[Pekka]

Hi and welcome,

My opinion is that one should always shoot with highest possibly quality because you never know when you get that million dollar shot - or just any shot you want to print really big. Also, shooting RAW means you don't have to worry about WB, tone, sharpening and saturation settings when shooting - you can choose all those later at home. And RAW converters improve all the time - with better tools that are coming you may get even better quality photos out of your old RAWs.

Consider JPEG as a print, RAW as (undeveloped) negative.

Of course RAW is slower to view and process. This may be an issue for some.