2008/8/10 Willie Wonka <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I brought my pictures on a thumbdrive to the photo center at Walmart and
> before started to print, was approached by the girl working there, and told
> that "pictures that come off flash drives come out grainy on 8x10, it has
> something to do with how many times picture is transfered through different
> devices...It is best if you print straight out of the camera card"
> So, whats the story...? I am thinking that there are several plausible
> explanations and all of them have sompin to do with processing within the
> machine. First comes to mind size and second noise in crappy digicams,
> third-sharpening and noise.
>
> I have no idea how this urban legend was started...it is an urban legend,
> right?
I'll hazard a guess that most pictures on flash drives have been
uploaded to a computer, processed, probably resized and then copied to
the flash drive. That allows myriad routes for the alleged
graininess.
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