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Old 19-01-2006, 06:23 PM
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More data to work with in the image allows you to change the format to a lower quality without losing to much of the quality. It all has to do with the Compression of the data in the image BMP less compression=very little loss of data, JPG high compression= greater loss of data.
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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
ummm, right. OK.
Put in astro terms on planets, the bigger image (BMP) you see in the eyepiece the more detail you see, the smaller the image (JPG) the less you see
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