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Originally Posted by VampMN
I like to take the largest picture my camera will allow. Then, I can crop it down to better highlight what I was taking a picture of. Also, I don't have to worry about losing quality by zooming in using software if I want a large picture. And if I want a smaller picture, I don't lose quality in zooming out. I hope that made sense...
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If you only plan on posting and sharing online, you don't need much more than 800 pixels per side for a reasonable viewing size, so you can get away with a fair amount of cropping. But at 100ppi and 800 pixels on the longest side("standard" web size), the largest print you'll get of reasonable quality is about 2X3 inches.
My full resolution images on my hard drive are about 250ppi and 3648 on the longest side. I can print 16x20. I couldn't get quality prints that size if I cropped out large portions and zoomed in.
So it really depends on what you plan on doing with the images...