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<p>[QUOTE="sturmgrenadier, post: 1085327, member: 18711"]I recently joined the NGC registry:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=118988" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=118988" rel="nofollow">http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=118988</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The maximum permitted size of each photo to upload is 120 KB. I took a few pictures of my coins using a digital camera (an old Powershot A570), and the computer tells me that each picture file is about <i>2 MB</i><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So naturally, when I try to upload them to my registry set, I get an error for 'size exceeded'. My questions are: how can I get around the size limit? Is there some way to compress the size of my photo files so as to get in under the 120 KB limit? </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me that if a regular, standard picture file (I'm just setting my camera on a tripod and snapping a picture of my coin and not using any special techniques that might gobble up more memory) is some ten times the upload limit on the registry website, something is fundamentally wrong - it just doesn't make sense to me<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Obviously NGC is not going to have an upload file size limit so draconian, because they want you to be able to share your pictures-that's part of the fun of having a registry set, true?). I should qualify by telling you that I am a complete newby to taking and loading pictures onto my computer (and uploading them to websites like the NGC registry) so I hope you'll forgive me ignorance and baby questions! Thanks for any tips/explanations you can lend me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sturmgrenadier, post: 1085327, member: 18711"]I recently joined the NGC registry: [url]http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=118988[/url] The maximum permitted size of each photo to upload is 120 KB. I took a few pictures of my coins using a digital camera (an old Powershot A570), and the computer tells me that each picture file is about [I]2 MB[/I]:( So naturally, when I try to upload them to my registry set, I get an error for 'size exceeded'. My questions are: how can I get around the size limit? Is there some way to compress the size of my photo files so as to get in under the 120 KB limit? It seems to me that if a regular, standard picture file (I'm just setting my camera on a tripod and snapping a picture of my coin and not using any special techniques that might gobble up more memory) is some ten times the upload limit on the registry website, something is fundamentally wrong - it just doesn't make sense to me:( (Obviously NGC is not going to have an upload file size limit so draconian, because they want you to be able to share your pictures-that's part of the fun of having a registry set, true?). I should qualify by telling you that I am a complete newby to taking and loading pictures onto my computer (and uploading them to websites like the NGC registry) so I hope you'll forgive me ignorance and baby questions! Thanks for any tips/explanations you can lend me. Richard[/QUOTE]
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