To see the full image in a new browser window, click on the portion below. The pictures in the DC290 Quality Comparison Series were shot at each of the three compression settings available on the DC290, for standard, medium, high, and ultra resolution, for a total of twelve combinations. The DC290 also takes pictures in the uncompressed TIFF format, for those times when you need perfect quality. Resolution settings vary the number of pixels used to create the image. Higher resolution provides more detail and better print quality.
Lower resolution provides more picture capacity on the memory card, but sacrifices some detail.
Quality settings vary the amount of JPEG compression applied to the picture. The advantage of less compression is that it provides the best picture quality. But the higher compression settings sacrifice some picture quality. To see how many pictures the DC290 can hold at various quality and resolution settings, visit the File Size and Card Capacity Figures page. We've carefully chosen the various quality settings on the DC290 Zoom camera to give users a wide range of flexibility when making quality vs. file size decisions, but to also insure that results will be acceptable at all settings.