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Lost my instructions manual... How to I take pictures of 300dpi?

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Hey vonina,
I am providing a link a PDF file of your camera manual on the manufacturers’ website below. As far as taking pictures at 300dpi I would set your camera to the highest resolution and quality possible, and leave it at that. You can always reduce the size of an image, but it is much more difficult if not impossible to make it bigger.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=323&modelid=14227

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You can download manuals here.

As dpi is generally a printing specification, the size you set on your camera depends on what size prints you want to make. If you want to print 4" x 6" prints at 300 dpi, you can set the size to M2. If you want to print 5" x 7" prints at 300 dpi, set the size to M1. Anything larger, set the size to L. With L selected, an 8" x 10" will still be about 300 dpi, but any larger print will be at less than 300 dpi.

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