Canon A580 Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images)

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Changing the Recording Pixels (Still Images)

Available Shooting Modes p. 190

1 Select the recording pixels.

1.Press the button.

2.Use the or button to select and the or button to change the recording pixels.

3. Press the button.

Approximate Values for Recording Pixels

		Recording Pixels						Purpose*
		Large	8M	3264	× 2448	High	Printing to about A3-size
							297	× 420 mm (11.7 × 16.5 in.)
							Printing to about A4-size
		Medium 1	5M	2592	× 1944		210	× 297 mm (8.3 × 11.7 in.)
							Printing to about Letter-size
							216	× 279 mm (8.5 × 11 in.)
		Medium 2	3M	2048	× 1536		Printing to about A5-size
							148	× 210 mm (6 × 8.3 in.)
							Printing postcard-size prints
		Medium 3	2M	1600	× 1200		148	× 100 mm (6 × 4 in.)
							Printing L-size prints
							119	× 89 mm (4.7 × 3.5 in.)
		Small	0.3M	640	× 480	Low	Sending images as e-mail
							attachments or shoot more images.
						Printing date-stamped images (p. 22), in
			2M	1600	× 1200	L-size (3.5 × 5 in.) or postcard-size (you
	Date Stamp					can check the print area at a 3:2 aspect
						ratio as you shoot).
						Printing on wide size paper (you can check
			3264 × 1832			the composition at a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Widescreen						Areas that will not be recorded appear on
						the LCD monitor as a black border.)

Functions Shooting Used Commonly

: Approximate recording pixel numbers are shown. (M is short for megapixels.) * Paper sizes vary according to region.