On 12/6/2010 6:05 PM, Nick David Wright wrote:
I've always found the race for more megapixels kind of amusing. The
amusement reached a new level last week when I uploaded a photo to
WalMart's site to be printed.
When you are selecting files to be uploaded, there's a little blurb
letting you know you are uploading using the "standard" method, or
some such baloney, with a link.
I clicked the link out of curiosity and found myself at a page telling
me that using the standard method WalMart would resize my photos
before uploading so they upload faster. They assured me the resized
photos would be just fine to print at regular sizes.
There was an option which allowed me to upload the original un-resized
photo. But they warned the upload could take a very long time.
So it's funny to me this store selling use more and more megapixels
every year is also (kinda sneakily) thowing away some of those
megapixels when you send your photos to them for printing.
Kodak at one time considered 1.3mp 1.6mp 2.0-mp etc. as professional.
6mp scanned film lasted the longest, that's what their picture disk, (I
think maybe Photo Disk can't remember and can't be bothered to look it
up), professional system supported. That lasted until the DCS 14c was
released which of course blew the 6mp limit away...
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Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!
--Marvin the Martian.
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