Printing Issues...

[bridgettebakerphotos]

I have been on and off the phone with Nikon all day today. I have a D3100 and whenever I take pictures and I try to print them, I can only print up to a 5x7 without them being cropped and not fitting on the page. I need these pictures as 8x10 and 8 1/2x11. I have changed the image size on the camera and tried it again and it didnt work. I was then told by Nikon that if I open the pictures in ViewNX2 or any Nikon software, I would be able to print them the size that I need them and they would turn out fine. This was wrong. I have tried this more than one time with more than one picture. Any help/advice would be GREATLY appreciated!!

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[TCampbell]

An APS-C sensor camera (such as your D3100) has a sensor size that with a ratio of roughly 2x3. So any print in a multiple of 2x3 (such a 4x6) would fit perfectly. If you were to print in 8x12 that would fit, but 8x12 isn't a standard size... 8x10 is.

That means one of two things needs to happen... either the image needs to be shrunk enough to fit on the paper OR the if the image is sized to fill the paper, a bit of the edges will get cropped off.

You'd probably prefer to control how the image is displayed, so you'd need to crop the image to fit the ratio of the paper you plan to print on.