plenty of megapix but...

[driften]

After the birth of my first child Abigail (9 mos.)
a buddy of mine loaned me his digital camera for a couple of weeks. After we used it we had to get one for ourselves. The one we were using had 3 Megapixels, and the pics were clear and crisp. With my new camera which has even more resolution, my pics aren't coming out as crisp. I use the maximum size setting and the 2nd highest res setting. Could it be the printer?

[Craig M]

OK your talking about the printed output and not the on-screen res.,when you displaying the pictures on your monitor, I assume. Have you contacted the pritner maufacturer or your manual (on-line printer manual?) of how to bump up your output res.? There are soooooo many printers out there that it would be hard to know exactly what the deal is.

[Shoeman]

I would be very interested in the answer as well.
The only thing I can think of, is the size. As it's reduced, 4 pixels may get condensed into 1.

I ran into the same problem with mine. Since I don't print my pictures, I started using 640x480, which is plenty for email viewing. Try the 1024x768 size. They may print up better.

[WALLEYE MIKE]

Make sure you are printing in the "best" printing mode. My printer has 3 printing qualities. "draft" "normal" and "best". Also use the best photo paper. Will cost about 50 cents per sheet. 3 megapixels should make a great 8x10. On the best mode it will take about a minute or so to print a 8x10 any faster and your quality will be reduced.