New competition entry format

I trust most club members are back working and ready to enter all the holiday photos for a deserving COM at the club.  We are excited about our planned move into HD format for our club competitions as it allows a much better representation of the photos due to the better resolution.  The current format is simply outdated as even the most basic camera will record at better resolutions.

The new format will have a minor effect on members, apart from the fact that we will have to remember to use the new format when the photo is resized and submitted to EMMA.  The maximum size is now 1920 pixels wide x 1080 pixels high and the new maximum file size is 1.5Mb.  The file format is still the same JPG and users must remember to submit photos using the sRGB colour space as before.  This new HD size will format will be implemented from our February competition.

The old format 1024 x 768 will still be accepted by EMMA as before, but the display on the screen will be small as it will only fill approximately 75% of the available screen area.  This will therefore be difficult to judge compared to the bigger photos.  These photos will however not be disqualified.

This change to the HD format will be discussed in more detail at the club evening on Jan 14th as well at the “Kuieraand” on January 28th, see the calendar for more information.  Members are welcome to send specific questions to Chris, which he can answer at the club evening.

Looking forward to see the HD images!