Why does my Nikon pictures have to be optimized (photographers only)?

Ok I have a nikon d7000 and I love it but when every I put my pictures on my computer and try to upload them to like Facebook they don't show up because they are too big and i don't know how to solve it I have to go to to a web base optimizing place and shrink my photos which make it look kinda low quality which is horrible since I'm a photographer? What settings do I need to set my camera to like the file size to medium? Because I think it's on large? I just want good quality images without going through all that trouble.

You don't have to go to a web site to shrink your photos, you can use Gimp.

There's plenty of available, free, programs for download that will resize your photos.

It is always best to shoot with your camera set to its highest resolution.

Those few image files you want to post on Facebook, you can resize to 600 x 400 pixels @ 72 PPI.

Just remember to save the resized images as a different file name so you do not overwrite your original file. Actually you should make backups of all your original RAW files by burning them on a DVD

NOTE: You spent good money to buy a camera that produces amazing image quality. Reducing the image quality is not only not recommended, but a waste of your good money

My avatar was shot at 10MP, turned into B/W and reduced in Picasa in a matter of seconds.

I like Picasa ( a free download from google) but there are plenty of programmes out there to do the same job. Just install a couple until you find the one you like.

I honestly can't believe you have a dSLR camera like the D7000 and you DON'T have (and never have had) image editing software of any sort installed on your computer. Most digital images benefit from some type of post processing. But I suppose yours are always absolutely perfect… Perfectly exposed, perfectly level, just the right amount of contrast, brightness and sharpness, not needing the occasional cloning, crop or other tweak? I find that very hard to believe.

I recommend you buy yourself some sort of image editing software. You certainly don't need to pay and arm and a leg to buy Photoshop. You can buy Adobe Elements (it's not expensive) or another good one is Corel Paintshop Pro X4 (you can buy Photo and Video X4 together for less than US$80… An absolute bargain).

p.s.don't be tempted to lower your image resolution in-camera. You should shoot at the very best quality on offer, then resize (a copy) in post processing.

Use picasa, so hassle free.

Nikon D7000 is quickly becoming a newbie joke.

You are putting files into a box that are nearly 17X10 inches large. The box can barely be more than 6X4. Imagine what your 16megapixel image looks like on 17X10 inch paper, now compare to Facebook.

Your image is 4926 X 2935 pixels. 500 X 320 is about web sized. There's no difference in quality on the web, a 5X7 inch photo will look no worse than a 30X50 inch photo. A 2cmX3cm blown up to fit the screen looks bad.

Just shrink em before you put them up. After editing slide em down to 10% size. Save both files.

All of your answers are in the manual.