size problems?!?!

[scottalanphoto]

ok... when i first got my canon d 60 a looong time ago ... i would take pictures use the image download program that came with the camera and do that and then when i would open up the photos in adobe photoshop the image would be like 42.something x 28. something inches.... and a couple of weeks ago i just noticed that when i do the same thing and open them up in photoshop they are only 17.something x 14.something inches.... whats up with that? i have it on the largest file size that it can go besides raw... i've never shot raw.... anyone have any ideas what it might be?

thanks

[picman]

The missing number is the resolution. Your cameras sensor is 3072x2048 pixels. When you were seeing 42x28 inches it would have been at 72 pixels to the inch (3072/72= about 42)

When you are seeing 17x14 you looking at about 180ppi.

They are both identical file sizes, just a different scale. You can play with this in PS in "image size" Play with the sizes with Resample Image unchcked