Calling Canon 300D users

[brentstevens]

Took some excellent "on-safari" shots with my new toy recently in Kenya.
A question - with my previous non-SLR digital cameras, I could "resize" existing shots in the camera and save them.
Is the 300D unable to do this? There is nothing in the handbook on the subject and I have tried playing around with the menus on the camera but nothing.
Is it me???

[_dobbo_]

I can't do this on my Canon S500 - obviously this doesn't help you! What i'm trying to say is that I've had 3 canon digi cams and never been able to do this - possibly not a canon feature?

[chim_girl]

Not a feature I'm aware of, but then I didn't RTFM.

Stating the obvious...but...easy to do in Photoshop...

[RobDickinson]

Cant resize photo's once took on my minolta A2 either.

Tho storage isnt a problem for me anyhow

[simpo two]

If you're resizing to save memory, how about shooting smaller/lower-res images? Or of course go armed with more memory, HD storage etc.

[brentstevens]

Sorry all - maybe I should have been clearer. By resizing, I meant zooming in on part of an existing photo in playback mode and then saving the "zoomed in" piccie.
I have a Sony V1 which is excellent at doing this. My wife's cheapo CoolPix Nikon also does it.
Seems strange that the 300D cannot do it.

[rico]

Zooming on the camera is always going to be more crude than waiting and doing it on photoshop. Stick with computer editing.

[simpo two]

brentstevens said:

Sorry all - maybe I should have been clearer. By resizing, I meant zooming in on part of an existing photo in playback mode and then saving the "zoomed in" piccie.

I'm with Rico - buy a telephoto!

[nighthawk]

I've been shooting with the 300d for about a year now, cropping an image isn't possible.

I can't really see why you'd want to do it either really, the LCD screen isn't as clear as your monitor so the potential to destroy a good shot is too great imho.

[bilko2]

From what i have seen, processing options are extremely limited before the picture leaves the card.
You can zoom in and pan whilst in playback but thats about it.
Ian

[brentstevens]

Thanks to all for your responses.

1. I used a 300mm telephoto lens in Kenya.
2. On the Sony, I always saved the original image as well.
3. I have enrolled on a Photoshop course at my local adult education centre starting next week as I now agree that this way is the best
4. PHers are the best form of information and advice

Thanks guys.