Kodak DC120 Picture Capacity

These are the capacities of the various compression modes of the DC120 Camera.

Camera's Image Quality Setting Approx. Image Storage Size 5 Approx. Number Of Images (2MB Camera Memory) 3 Approx. Number Of Images (10MB Card Memory) 3 Recommended Max. Printed Size 4 Recommended Screen Resolution1,2
Uncompressed (No Detail Loss) 800 KB 2 12 8 x 10 inches 1280x1024,1024x768
Best (Minor Detail Loss) 210 KB 7 41 4 x 6 inches 800x600
Better (Greater Detail Loss) 120 KB 12 71 2 x 3 inches 640x480
Good (Major Detail Loss) 80 KB 20 111 Screen Viewing Only (Web Pages) 320x240
  1. The screen resolutions are my personal recommendations for best viewing quality of the images AFTER resizing to the resolution listed. 1280x1024 will require resizing UP from the 1280x960 image which is the default output of the DC120 camera. All other resolutions will be resized DOWN. Note that a resize from 1280x960 to 1280x1024 will slightly distort the image horizontally, due to the change in aspect ratio. The DC120 uses 4:3 aspect ratio.
  2. My personal choice for resizing of images is Paint Shop Pro which can be obtained from JASC Inc. My settings for JPEG files are 300dpi resolution and Quality 15. This results in very little quality loss but also larger JPEG files. (Although still considerably smaller than the bitmap originals.)
  3. These values are taken from my DC120 camera. They are representative of the minimum (generally) number of images that can be stored. Exceptional circumstances may result in less images but it is usually possible to store more. e.g. images with large areas of the same color or texture which will compress better.
  4. The possible print size will largely depend on the image enhancement capabilities of your printer driver, or graphics editing package, and your own perception of image quality. You may be willing to accept the quality drop of larger print sizes than those listed
  5. This is the size of the image stored in the memory of the camera or card. When copied to the computer the images will be much larger unless you use the native .KDC format, which cannot be read by most graphics packages. Paint Shop Pro can read this format directly, but cannot save in this format.

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