Yuri --

Since I target a paper size, I generally have gone in that direction, but I believe that you can set the DPI and let the dimensions follow suit in Photoshop LE and above.

Jay

>Jay, thanks. As far as I see, I always need DPI about 300 to get satisfactory images printed. Reducing the size does not always help keeping DPI the very same. And if I need to use manipulation software anyway then I would like to change DPI directly, not somehow indirectly via size or other properties. Do you know any of the manipulation software that change DPI directly?
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>>Yuri --
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>>Megapixel count identifies resolution on the capture end. DPI is resolution on the display end. So, they're not strictly comparable.
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>>Display resolution -- or the DPI of an image -- reflects the capture resolution factored by the size of the image. The larger the image with a set resolution, the lower the DPI. If your reference is to a manipulation program such as Photoshop, you can simply reduce the size of the picture to get the desired DPI.
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>>DPI, of course, can be limited by other factors, specifically the resolution capability of the display device.
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>>Jay
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>>>Does anybody know how to compare digital cameras from DPI (dot per inch)point of view? I tryed several cameras having different "megapixels" but never got original images better than 72 dpi. Any recommendation to improve it?
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>>>>I'm thinking about buying a digital camera and am interested in other people's recommendations. I want to stay in the mid-range ($200-$300) so I figured a 3 megapixel camera is probably what I'll end up with.
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>>>>If you have any strong opinions towards a specific camera or features I should have ... or strong opinions against a particular camera or feature ... please chime in!!
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>>>>TIA,
>>>>Cathy