■ Using the AC Adapter (sold separately)
An AC adapter can be connected to the
When playing images or videos on a TV or manipulating them on a computer or otherwise keeping the camera on for a long period of time, use of the AC adapter reduces battery consumption.
Before connecting the AC adapter, be sure to turn off the camera,s power.
■Setting the Image Size (Recording Resolution) and Image Quality (Compression Ratio)
You can set a desired image size (recording resolution) and image quality (compression ratio) according to a given purpose.
Advance
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Turn off the power.
Check to see if the camera power is turned off.
If the camera is still on, press the power switch to turn off the power.
Image size (Recording resolution)
2304×1728 (Approx. 4 million pixels) Default setting
1600×1200 (1.92 million pixels)
1280×960 (Approx. 1.23 million pixels) 
640×480 (Approx. 310,000 pixels)
Operations Capture
2 | Insert the AC adapter,s |
| DC input terminal on the camera. |
Image quality（Compression ratio）
Fine (Low compression (1/8) mode)
Normal (Standard compression (1/12) mode) Default setting 
Economy (High compression (1/16) mode)
(Still Image/Video)
3
Turn on the power.
Press the power switch to turn on the power.
is displayed on the LCD monitor.
●You can now use the camera in the same way you do with battery power.
The image size and quality selected here are retained even after the power is turned off. However, Setting to the Default P25 returns Image Size to 
(2304 x 1728) and Image Quality to 
(Normal).
Image Size (Recording Resolution) and Image Quality (Compression Ratio)
When the image size is increased and image quality set to Fine mode, the data size increases and the number of images that can be recorded in memory, etc., decreases.
●You must purchase the AC adapter separately.
●You CANNOT charge AA nickel metal hydride batteries, etc., using the AC adapter.
●While the AC adapter is connected, power is not supplied from the dry batteries.
●The Power Off Time setting remains effective even while the AC adapter is
connected. The default setting is 3 minutes | . |
● Keep the connected AC adapter cable slack P50 | cable remains taut, the |
terminals may be subject to excessive force and sustain damage.
Use the appropriate settings according to how you want to use the captured images. For example, select 2304 x 1728/1600 x 1200 if you want to print the images, or 1280 x 960/640 x 480 if you want to send them over the Internet as
In Video Capture mode, 320 x 240 is selected as the image size (recording resolution).
For the number of recordable images and data size under each image size/quality setting, see ■Specifications: Number of Recordable Images/Recording Time and Data Size P97 .
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