My Canon T3-1 Rebel pictures are saving as huge files!?

Question

As you read, I have a canon T3-1 Rebel, great camera. But when I go to save the pictures onto my laptop through a USB cord to the camera itself it saves as a huge file and takes a long time to upload to any given website and sometimes won't even upload or set as a background because it is so large. Why is it doing this? (Ex: 6.79mb a picture) I upload it through EOS Utilities which came with the camera in its original box.
Thank you for the help!

Answer 1

According to your Instruction Manual, an average 18MP Jpeg is approx. 6.4MB in size. So, I don't see what the problem is.



If you need to make your image files smaller, simply resize (a copy of) each image in your photo editor. It's not rocket science.



And, if your files are taking a long time to upload or certain processes/tasks are taking a long time, then you might need to think about upgrading your computer. What processor do you have, what video card are you using, how much RAM do you have and which operating system are you using?

Answer 2

The JPGs on my Nikon D7100 (24Mp) are around 20Mb per photo, so your situation is not unusual. Lucky you are not using uncompressed RAW or they would be even larger.



And I am told that with the Nikon D800 (36 Megapixel full frame), RAW file sizes can approach 100Mb per photo!



If you are shooting photos for the web, you should either reduce the resolution and size of the photos in your camera, or use a post-processing software to do so.



With high performance cameras, you only need maximum resolution if you are doing fine portraiture, landscapes, etc. where you want to hang a large photo on the wall. Otherwise, for everyday use, you can lower the resolution.



Especially for the web, you don't need a high resolution.



Most DSLRs have a Small, Medium, and Large size setting along with a Basic, Normal, Fine resolution setting. Large/Fine creates the highest quality with the largest file sizes, while Small/Basic creates the smallest.



You should be using Small/Basic for the web (which is still a high quality photo).



But some people prefer to use Large/Fine for everything which gives the best photos - then make a copy and reduce the size/resolution in post-processing software. That way, they have one copy for the web, and the original for making a wall photo if they so desire.

Answer 3

Perfectly normal size. Look in your manual and you will see that this is expected.

Don't download via USB link to your camera. It will take forever. Get a card reader. It will transfer images much faster.



If you ever get in to shooting raw, you'll be even more surprised at the file size.

Answer 4

Of course, it's an 18mp sensor what did you expect?



Something you apparently don't understand, the better the quality the larger the file... that's the way digital information is.