Size of digital images for reproducing in newspapers and magazines.

On 27 Jul 2004 12:16:07 -0700, (Eric Clive) wrote:

Hi
I'm an amateur photographer and want to take photos for magazines and
newspapers.At the moment,I have a Fuji A 310 digital camera which
takes,on a medium setting,pictures which are 440 kbs in size.
Would photos taken for magazines(or newspapers)have to be a lot bigger
in file size?
Thanks for any help you can give me.

Why not call your local newspaper and ask them?

There is a huge difference between newspaper and magazines. Newspapers can be as
low as 80DPI and magazines as high as 300DPI or more.

BTW file size doesn't mean much... you want to know the dots per inch
resolution.

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Bob wrote:
On 27 Jul 2004 12:16:07 -0700, (Eric Clive) wrote:

BTW file size doesn't mean much... you want to know the dots per inch
resolution.

Which in turn doesn't mean much unless you (or they) know the final
printed size in inches.

--
Jon Bell Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA

Eric Clive wrote:
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Bob wrote:
On 27 Jul 2004 12:16:07 -0700, (Eric Clive)
wrote:

BTW file size doesn't mean much... you want to know the dots per
inch
resolution.

Which in turn doesn't mean much unless you (or they) know the final

printed size in inches.

Hi
Thanks for all your help.I notice that whatever setting I set my
camera on(it's now set on 6M for higher quality shots)that the file
always shows the picture as being 72 dpi.Should this be a higher dpi
or is this standard on Fuji digital cameras?
Thanks again for all your help.
Best wishes,
Eric.

72 is just the default that the camera sets in the file. dpi of a
digital photo has no meaning until you decide how big you want to print
it in inches. Then you work out dpi dy dividing the number of pixels
by the inches you want to print.