Digital Camera - Q & A

If you had the camera set to a low resolution, then no, you can NOT print decent sized photos from it.
It would terrible if you managed, then you would complain about that quality - that's why they won't let you do it in the first place.


You should never EVER set your camera to anything less than best quality (i.e. lowest compression rate) and biggest size (highest resolution).

The reasons for that include:

1) If you have a good, large photo, you can crop it more later on without losing too much detail if you really have to.
2) If you happen to take the best photo you ever took, you'll be able to print it at a large size. If you lowered size and quality, you'd be kicking yourself.
3) If you decide later you really don't want to keep a big file, it is very easy to down-size it in post processing - but you can't go the other way, you can't invent pixels that weren't there in the first place.
4) Memory cards are cheap, so are bigger hard drives. There is NO reason to do anything less than the best.

Another important thing is that you don't store your photos on the card, a memory card is NOT meant for storage.
Make sure to download the photos to your computer after every shoot and make backups, then FORMAT your card in the camera (which helps to protect it from developing problems and failing).