[ale] OT: Digital Cameras

[abarton at mindspring.com (Alexander Barton)]

cfowler at outpostsentinel.com wrote:
> MAybe someone on this list knows enough about digital photography
> to answer a question I have.
> 
> I have 2 cameras.  1 is a Kodak C743 and the other a Sony DSC-T50.
> The Sony is 7.2mp Kodak 7.1.  Here is what I do not understand.  Why
> are the pciture sizes so different between these cameras? 

If the file format is JPEG, then the file size can vary due to the 
compression "quality" level.  If you've ever played with the GIMP and 
saved an image as JPEG, you may have see a quality slider that lets you 
trade quality for smaller file size.

-Alexander