Do Camera Phones Work For Digital Photo Printing?
These days, it seems like just about all consumer electronics include some sort of digital camera. It's never been easier to take pictures and share them online, but when it comes to digital photo printing, there may be a few issues that you should know about ahead of time. The quality of the prints you receive will depend largely on the type of camera that you use. It is important to know this ahead of time, so that you can be assured that you will be happy with the finished results.
Although camera phones are popular and are certainly capable of taking decent enough images, these usually are not suitable for digital photo printing. This is due to various different reasons, which we will explore later in this article. If you are planning on using your camera photo to take pictures that will later be processed by digital photo printing, here's what you need to know.
First, the image quality for camera phones is usually much less than a traditional digital camera. The majority of these phones use 1.3 megapixel resolutions, but you may be able to find phones that go all the way up to 3 megapixels. This may look like a strange word, but it refers to how many pixels go into a standard size image. 3 megapixels equals roughly 3 million pixels per inch.
The more pixels you have per inch, the higher the quality of the image. Using this example, a camera that uses 1.3 megapixels for a resolution will produce images of lesser quality than one that uses 3 megapixels. However, even that may not be enough for quality digital photo printing. It is best to use a camera that has a high resolution and typically, camera phones just don't have this capability.
This is due mainly to their small size and limited capacity. Unaltered digital image files can be quite large, and camera phones will have a small amount of useable memory. If you were to store high quality images on your phone, you would probably be limited to around one or two. This is inconvenient, so most manufacturers use a lower resolution. While this does allow for more images to be stored on a phone, it does affect the results of digital photo printing.
This is the number one reason that camera phones just can't produce images that are of high enough quality for digital photo printing. Typically, a 4x6 print that was taken with a camera phone will be blurry and virtually unusable. That same size print that was taken with a regular digital camera will typically be much more clear and of higher quality.
While camera phones are great for everyday photo taking and quick sharing online, they really are not well suited to digital photo printing. It is best to use your regular camera if you want to take photos that will be printed later. You'll be assured of much better results if you do.
About the Author
CJ Thomas writes for a variety of websites, including Hoorray, a photo sharing site that offers the quickest and easiest way to build a
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