Originally posted by hockmasm what size pictures should i be shooting? waht setting is normal if im just shooting for myself and probably never print bigger that 11x17
I would shoot at the largest size the camera records - if you shoot JPG then the highest quality setting. You can always throw away resolution later, but you can't get it back if you never had it.
I have the 6 mp *ist DS and I've printed a few 12x18's from it. It easily makes 11x14 images that look great from 12 inches away, I'm sure yours (K-x?) would do even better. I always frame the shot I want in-camera, sometimes I will crop later if it looks better that way or I need to for the print I'm making, but it's always good to try to get the initial shot as close to what you want as you can.