Quaity of pictures ?

[Newphotographer2]

When my picture from my DSLR is on my computer i can check the metadata in all the data it saids X resolution 350 & Y resolution 350 . Is that dot per inch ?

My old pocket camera is X res 72 & y res 72 and the picture is lesser quality

 

[Newphotographer2]

Sorry put my tread in the wrong area!

 

[Newphotographer2]

When my picture from my DSLR is on my computer i can check the metadata in all the data it saids X resolution 350 & Y resolution 350 . Is that dot per inch ? My old pocket camera is X res 72 & y res 72 and the picture is lesser quality and can i find out if the new camera is high in resolution ?

 

[Edwin Francis]

Ignore it -- DPI is useless an indicator of image quality.

You can check the sensor resolution from the pixel count (e.g. 4000 x 3000 pixels), but that is just ONE of the many factors that affect technical image quality.

 

[catchlights]

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[catchlights]

When my picture from my DSLR is on my computer i can check the metadata in all the data it saids X resolution 350 & Y resolution 350 . Is that dot per inch ? My old pocket camera is X res 72 & y res 72 and the picture is lesser quality and can i find out if the new camera is high in resolution ?

72 PPI or 300 PPI has noting to do with camera sensor resolution, it only come in play when you do printing, You may need to do some reading on the PPI or DPI, please search online as this topic already covered extensively.
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/essentials/the-72-ppi-web-resolution-myth/



you want to find out what is the sensor resolution of your DSLR, you can

- read the spec of your camera from user manual or just simply search online

- do a mouse right click (windows) on your large jpg taken by your DSLR, look at the property / details tab of the image, see what is written in the image resolution.