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Ask The Answer Man

The Question: How many megapixels does my camera need to have for a high-quality print?
Answer: The answer depends on the size of the print. A picture that looks sharp at 4×6 inches might not at 8×10 inches. The basic idea is the larger the print, the more megapixels required. Here are a [...]

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Why Format Your Digital Camera’s Memory Card?

Anyone who has experienced it can tell you, it’s no fun to come back from a once-in-a-lifetime trip or event and realize that your digital photographs are unrecoverable because you have a corrupted memory card.
This can happen for many different reasons:
• Turning off a camera before an image is completely written to the memory card.
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Preserve your family memories…

The following is a short reflection on the importance of preserving memories in the digital era, by Sarber’s own Kate Rothbard:
Are we forgetting about our responsibility to future generations?
Digital photography is a wonderful thing.  It offers numerous conveniences, like shooting away without really having to print anything.  As we’re snapping away, however, I think many [...]