Canon 960 IS Changing the Recording Pixels/ Compression Still Images, Select a resolution setting

Commonly Used Shooting Functions

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Changing the Recording Pixels/ Compression (Still Images)

See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 228).

1

Select a resolution setting.

1.Press the button.

2.Use the or button to select and the or button to change the option.

3.Press the button.

Approximate Values for Recording Pixels

Recording Pixels				Purpose*1
(Large)	12M	4000 x 3000	High	Printing to about A2-size
		pixels		420 x 594 mm (16.5 x 23.4 in.)
(Medium 1)	8M	3264 x 2448		Printing to about A3-size
		pixels		297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in.)
				Printing to about A4-size
(Medium 2)	5M	2592 x 1944		210 x 297 mm (8.3 x 11.7 in.)
		pixels		Printing to about Letter-size
				216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 in.)
				Print postcard-size prints
(Medium 3)*2	2M	1600 x 1200		148 x 100 mm (6 x 4 in.)
		pixels		Print L-size prints
				119 x 89 mm (4.7 x 3.5 in.)
		640 x 480		Send images as e-mail
(Small)	0.3M		Low	attachments or shoot more
		pixels		images
or	1600 x 1200		When printing to postcards.
(Postcard)*3		pixels