What file-size options should my digital camera have?

What file-size options should my digital camera have?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: How does my digital camera turn my picture into a file?; How do various types of memory cards differ?; How much memory do I need for my digital camera? and more...

Your digital camera's going to come with some file-size options. I really don't find those to be important. You have the camera; you buy a ten megapixel camera. I really think it's a mistake to shoot that camera at anything less than ten megapixels. The only thing I can think about here would be if you're just doing things for eBay or other online applications where you may want to turn down to lower picture quality. My advice to my customers is always shoot at the highest quality and when you get to the computer later on, turn down the quality there. I don't like to recommend lower quality in the camera because what happens if you forget when you're shooting eBay, and the cat jumps up on the table and does something crazy and you want a picture of it and you've got it at this crummy eBay quality? You want the best quality all the time, and then readjust it later.