I am not sure I fully understand your question, but my best guess.
I assume you have a 5 megapixel camera and are taking photos at 1280 x 960 pixels (1.2 megapixels).
Then you use software to downsize the photos to 800 x 600.
The "Resolution 50.0" is probably the .jpg compression setting. This is also called a quality setting.
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Here is where you lose me:
"and have been told they are too small"
That tells me they want larger photos......send the 1280 x 960 photos.
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If they mean they want better quality photos, you should set the "Resolution" to 90.
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It sounds as if you have very limited photo software.
Perhaps if you lets us know what software you are using and the model number of the camera you are using.
With the right software you can improve the photos in many ways.
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How would I get the best picture on a setting (for Sony cypershot 5.0) for web pages? I use 1.2 then resize the pictures down to 800w x 600h, and have been told they are too small. I resize at 800w x 600H on computer of original picture again with Resolution 50.0. Is resution- really compression? Is there a way to work with pictures more (to see the ''real'' picture before I sent it to a site?)
I am new at this.
thank you.
sincercly,
pat
( I am taking dig. pictures of Headstones for a state project.)

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