View Full Version : Why are Canon PowerShot D10 prints in low resolution?
LifesKarma
Aug 22, 2012, 06:08 AM
I have been using the Canon PowerShot D10 for about 6 months now. I absolutely love the camera and the great features it has. I'm not a camera pro, when it comes to technical issues I'm clueless. Anyway, I went on vacation and once I Returned decided I wanted to print the pictures I took (haven't done that in a while!. and first time from this camera). When I put the pictures in Costco Photo Center, EVERY picture came up with a LOW RESOLUTION warning at every size. I tested a couple and of course they came out blurry in print (4X6 prints). :( Totally bummed. Im sure there's no way to fix these photos for printing purpose... but how do I fix the issue for future snap shops? Is it a camera function?
Any help is much appreciated! :) THANK YOU
NeedKarma
Aug 22, 2012, 06:12 AM
Are you using the images exactly as they came from the SDcard or did the images go through another program/application before you brought them to Costco?
Have the default settings been changed on the camera?
The size of the jpegs should be about 4mb each.
LifesKarma
Aug 22, 2012, 07:39 AM
I am uploading the images from the camera to iPhoto on my MacBook. Any other camera I upload pictures from to iPhoto and then to Costco never had this issue... so I think it's a camera setting.
Not sure if the default settings were ever changed as I'm new to the camera and there's so many options/settings/functions... who knows if I unintentionally set something I shouldn't have. Is there a way of checking this?
Oh I think I found the issue... I looked in iPhoto for the info on each picture and they all range from 1.3 to 2.9MB. :( So there's no way of salvaging these pictures for print huh?
How would I fix this on the camera for future pictures?
Also... ONE picture was a picture we bought from a professional when we went swimming with dolphins. That image also comes out low resolution. THat info says 871KB... not sure what that means.
I don't understand why they'd sell a picture for 25$ that I couldn't even print!!
Thanks again
NeedKarma
Aug 22, 2012, 07:40 AM
One option is to skip the laptop and bring the SDcard directly into the photo printing place.