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<blockquote data-quote="alarmguy" data-source="post: 542165" data-attributes="member: 41828">New to this forum, I am a casual photographer with a Nikon 3300 and I never really searched hard but I have searched to find out about something I read a long time ago. My hope here is someone (pro or semi pro) can answer firmly with a certain answer. Lets say I am using my digital camera like a &quot;film camera&quot; and perfectly frame what I want in the picture and do not intend on cropping. Is there any advantage or disadvantage in image quality by taking lower resolution photos? I always take photos in the &quot;fine&quot; mode no matter what resolution I choose.My Nikon 3300 offers, Large 6000 x 4000 24M, Medium 4496 x 3000 15.5m and small 2992 x 2000 6m photographs.So my question, other then image size am I giving up ANY quality (or get better image quality) if I dont crop and use the smaller 15.5m or 6m setting for prints never then larger 11x14?Hope this doesnt sound like a stupid question but think its legit, does taking smaller resolution photos on a 24 MP image sensor improve, decline or unchange image quality if you are not going to print a photo over 11x14?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alarmguy, post: 542165, member: 41828"] New to this forum, I am a casual photographer with a Nikon 3300 and I never really searched hard but I have searched to find out about something I read a long time ago. My hope here is someone (pro or semi pro) can answer firmly with a certain answer. Lets say I am using my digital camera like a "film camera" and perfectly frame what I want in the picture and do not intend on cropping. Is there any advantage or disadvantage in image quality by taking lower resolution photos? I always take photos in the "fine" mode no matter what resolution I choose. My Nikon 3300 offers, Large 6000 x 4000 24M, Medium 4496 x 3000 15.5m and small 2992 x 2000 6m photographs. So my question, other then image size am I giving up ANY quality (or get better image quality) if I dont crop and use the smaller 15.5m or 6m setting for prints never then larger 11x14? Hope this doesnt sound like a stupid question but think its legit, does taking smaller resolution photos on a 24 MP image sensor improve, decline or unchange image quality if you are not going to print a photo over 11x14? [/QUOTE]

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