The pictures in the DC280 Quality Comparison Series were shot at each of the three quality settings available on the DC280, for both standard and high resolution, for a total of six combinations. Resolution settings vary the number of pixels used to create the image.
High resolution provides more detail and better print quality.
Standard 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. We've carefully chosen the various quality settings on the DC280 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.