Need Photos At A Higher Res From A Lumix Dmc-Fs28

[nellypope]

I actually won this camera, was very chuffed, but sadly when I transfer the images (Jpegs only, no RAW) the DPI of the images only comes in at 180dpi. I would prefer 300? I have looked through the online manual and can't find a way to boost the print quality? any ideas?

[jomifl]

How many megapixels is the camera ?and have you set the resolution to high? The dpi value is to do with how the printer driver software is set up.

[jomifl]

I've just checked, it's 14.4 megapixels, That would give an image 3000x5000 approx or 10" x 16" at 300 dpi.

[Milvus]

The FZ28 is an 10 MP camera, very highly rated in its day.
In your settings, the size of the still photo capture can be changed. Make sure this is set at one of the higher sizes. I agree with Jomifl, the DPI setting is not a camera setting, its either printer or possibly display

[Milvus]

Sorry wrong camera, I read FZ not FS

[bazwillrun]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch

A very confusing subject !

you can change resolution in photoshop

[Buenchico]

Take a look at the file sizes. If they're around 0.2Mb the camera is only operating with its 0.3Mp setting. If they're around 3Mb the camera is operating at 5Mp. If they're around 6Mb the camera will be using all 14Mp.

Those figures are derived from the table on page 15 of the manual. I'm reasonably confident that using the 14Mp setting should achieve what you're seeking but I have to admit that the way to access the 'Picture size' setting isn't very clear to me!

If you can't work it out, contact Panasonic via this form:
https://dlc.panasonic-europe-service.com/form/faqcontact.html
or phone [phone] (0900-1700, Mon-Fri)

[nellypope]

Thanks for all your responses, I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggled with this. Every other camera I've had, it's been quite simple to alter picture quality, but this particular model has confused me. Thanks, I will email them and find out.

[Graham-W]

You can download the manual from here: http://www.camera-usermanual.com/manuals02/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC-FS28.pdf
It looks like pages 33 and 55 are relevant. Make sure the picture size is not set to anything other than 14M. That gives you max resolution. AF mode should also be turned on.
HTH.