Canon A75, A85 Changing the Resolution and Compression, Purpose, Resolution, Compression

Shooting – The Basics

Changing the Resolution and Compression

Mode Dial**

*The Postcard Print mode is not available in and .

You can change the resolution and compression (excluding movies) settings to suit the purpose of the image you are about to shoot.

	Resolution		Purpose
	PowerShot A85		z Print up to A4 size*
	2272 x 1704		210 x 297 mm (8.3
L	pixels		x 11.7 in.) prints
(Large)	PowerShot A75	High	z Print up to letter
	2048 x 1536		size* 216 x 279 mm
	pixels		(8.5 x 11 in.) prints
			z Print postcard size
			148 x 100 mm (6 x
M1	1600 x 1200		4 in.) prints
(Medium 1)	pixels		z Print L-size 119 x
			89 mm (4.7 x 3.5
			in.) prints
M2			z Print credit card
	1024 x 768 pixels		size 86 x 54 mm
(Medium 2)		Low
			(3.4 x 2.1 in.) prints
S			z Send images as
	640 x 480 pixels		e-mail attachments
(Small)
			z Shoot more images

* Paper sizes vary according to region.

	z The resolution is set to M1 (1600	x 1200)
	and the compression is set to	(Fine).
or
	z See page 53 for Postcard Print mode
	information.

Compression		Purpose
Superfine	High	Shoot higher quality
	Quality	images
Fine		Shoot normal quality
		images
	Normal
Normal		Shoot more images

Movies can be shot with the following resolutions.

Resolution

640 x 480 pixels

320 x 240 pixels

160 x 120 pixels

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