Help - in China with a new Sony Cybershot T3 and no manual

I don't know if I am in the correct group, but I'm hoping someone can help
me. I had my Nikon CoolPix and my Dell laptop stolen while here in China.
I've replaced the camera with a Sony Cybershot T3 (same as T33 in the
states) but it has only a Chinese manual. It's a 5 mega pixel but I have it
set for 3 and fine and English. I can figure out most of the features
but........... I'm using a friend's computer to download the pics (windows
xp) but when I open the photos in his Photoshop 7 the res is 72. I'm sure I
used to automatically open my old shots (old stolen camera and my computer
with PS7) with a res of 300.

I only noticed because the pics are huge but not very good quality - as
viewed on the computer.

So my questions 1. is my camera set up wrong? Suggestions? Or is my
friend's PS7 set up differently from the way I had mine set up? Can I set
up his to open my photos as 300?

It's really really hot here and I may not be thinking properly. Do set me
straight please.

Thanks
Diane
d.illingworth at gmail.com

D. wrote:
> I don't know if I am in the correct group, but I'm hoping someone can help
> me. I had my Nikon CoolPix and my Dell laptop stolen while here in China.
> I've replaced the camera with a Sony Cybershot T3 (same as T33 in the
> states) but it has only a Chinese manual. It's a 5 mega pixel but I have it
> set for 3 and fine and English. I can figure out most of the features
> but........... I'm using a friend's computer to download the pics (windows
> xp) but when I open the photos in his Photoshop 7 the res is 72. I'm sure I
> used to automatically open my old shots (old stolen camera and my computer
> with PS7) with a res of 300.
>
> I only noticed because the pics are huge but not very good quality - as
> viewed on the computer.
>
> So my questions 1. is my camera set up wrong? Suggestions? Or is my
> friend's PS7 set up differently from the way I had mine set up? Can I set
> up his to open my photos as 300?
>
> It's really really hot here and I may not be thinking properly. Do set me
> straight please.
>
> Thanks
> Diane
> d.illingworth at gmail.com


Your camera is fine.
You will notice that when PS7 open the image at 72 ppi, the % of full
size (in the title bar) is about 15%. The 72 dpi at xx% is just a
default setting that PS uses to display images on your monitor.
If you click on IMAGE > Image Size. You will see the actual number of
pixels captured by the camera.
At 3MP, the dimensions should be about 2000 by 1500 pixels.
Bob Williams