Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> > > I sympathize. At the same time, though, one of the things that bothers me the > most about many online galleries I've visited is that the images are so tiny, > and so compressed, that it's hard to even see what they contain. It's really > difficult to do most photos any justice in 300x200 pixels, and I think a lot of > people go to far in reducing their images. Sure, it downloads fast, but you > can't even see what you downloaded once it's there. i agree, personally anything much less than 600x400 is tough to appreciate. in the analog world, it feels to me like looking at 35mm contact sheets; you get an indication of whether it's a promising image, but you don't really get to appreciate the sharpness or tonality. i suppose thumbnails linking to larger images is a reasonable, if not troublesome, compromise. - -rei