Image Quality
Image data in COOLPIX 100’s built-in memory are stored using JPEG compression to reduce the amount of memory they consume. When pictures are compressed with JPEG, some data are lost and the quality of the final image is degraded. The more a picture is compressed, the more noticeable this loss of quality will be. COOLPIX 100 offers two settings for image quality: “Normal” and “Fine”. Setting the image quality to “Fine” produces better quality images but makes greater demands on memory, as photographs are only compressed half as much as they would be in “Normal” mode and hence require twice as much memory to store. Choose image quality for each photograph according to the type of subject and your memory needs.
The current image quality setting is shown in the control panel display. To change the image quality setting, press the QUALITY button.
Fine Mode
QUALITY button
Normal Mode
QUALITY button
When you change the image quality, the exposure count in the control panel display will show the number of exposures remaining at the new setting.
Note: Changing the image quality setting does not affect image resolution, which remains a constant 512 × 480 pixels. The only change is in the amount image data are compressed.
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