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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Hartley" data-source="post: 386046" data-attributes="member: 24595">I'm relatively new to the D3200 but have done a fair bit of reading and some experimentation but have been unable to get a firm grip on what image size and quality to use.I tend to use RAW if I'm going to end up processing with Lightroom but I mostly use JPEG. I've read some articles where some people say not to waste memory card space with the Large and Fine settings but after taking a few pics of each I'm still undecided.I generally bought the camera for taking pictures of my two kids so tend to take portrait photos in Aperture mode, when I do this sharpness isn't really an issue so should I just be using Small and Basic. I also take the odd scenery photo where I imagine I'd need to up the settings a bit.I imagine over time and with experimentation I will get to grips with it but was wondering if anyone had any useful rules of thumb they had picked up over time for shooting in general with relation to these settings?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Hartley, post: 386046, member: 24595"] I'm relatively new to the D3200 but have done a fair bit of reading and some experimentation but have been unable to get a firm grip on what image size and quality to use. I tend to use RAW if I'm going to end up processing with Lightroom but I mostly use JPEG. I've read some articles where some people say not to waste memory card space with the Large and Fine settings but after taking a few pics of each I'm still undecided. I generally bought the camera for taking pictures of my two kids so tend to take portrait photos in Aperture mode, when I do this sharpness isn't really an issue so should I just be using Small and Basic. I also take the odd scenery photo where I imagine I'd need to up the settings a bit. I imagine over time and with experimentation I will get to grips with it but was wondering if anyone had any useful rules of thumb they had picked up over time for shooting in general with relation to these settings? [/QUOTE]

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