With the proliferation of smart phones and their ready access to a camera, there has been an explosion in image making. Most people don’t think about how these pictures are made and less still about their file format. But it just takes one occasion when you’d like that treasured photo reproduced in a printed document or enlarged that you have to start taking notice.

This article is an easy to read explanation of the most popular image file format, jpg or jpeg, and how you can produce a better quality photo with a purpose built camera.