I use the same big images in a tableView and detailView. Need to make imageView filled in 40x40 when an imags is showed in tableView, but stretched on a half of a screen. I
you might be able to use this?
yourTableViewController.rowImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"yourImage.png"];
and/or
cell.image = yourTableViewController.rowImage;
and if your images are already 40x40 then you shouldn't have to worry about setting bounds and stuff... but, i'm also new to this, so, i wouldn't know, haven't played around with Table View row/cell images much
hope this helps.