Reducing File Sizes from Canon Digital Rebel XTi

Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 15

Hi everyone, quick question. I love my new XTi but I've noticed that when I transfer images to my computer, the file sizes of all the pictures are each about 5MB. This is annoyingly large. Not only does it take a while to transfer, but whenever I have to email pictures, it always says the files are too large. Attachments for Hotmail, for example, is a 10MB limit which is two pictures if I'm lucky.

I'm wondering if there is a way to reduce the file size. Could this be accomplished with the software that came with the camera like Canon Digital Photo Professional, EOS Utility, or Zoom Browser? Or is it a matter of choosing image quality on the camera settings? If this is the case, is there a way to reduce the size of images that have already been taken at high quality?

Thanks for the help, its greatly appreciated.

Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 12 Location: windsor, Ontario

This program works well for e-mailing and best of all its free.
i dont think i would resize the orignals in case you want to print them again

Do a Google search for vso image resizer then install

Good luck.

Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 51 Location: SE Missouri

The easiest method is to reduce the resolution on the camera. Under setting you can select a resolution. The lower the resolution, the smaer the file size. You can also change the compression ratio. A courser setting will also reduce the file size.