58Commonly Used Shooting Functions

Approximate Values for Recording Pixels

 

 

 

Recording Pixels

 

 

 

Purpose*

 

 

 

 

 

3264 x 2448

High

 

Printing to about A3-size

 

 

 

(Large)

8M

 

 

 

297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5

 

 

 

 

 

pixels

 

 

 

in.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing to about A4-size

 

 

 

(Medium 1)

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.)

 

 

 

(Medium 2)

3M

2048 x 1536

 

 

 

Printing to about A5-size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pixels

 

 

 

148 x 210 mm (6 x 8.3 in.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print postcard-size prints

 

 

 

(Medium 3)

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 pixels When printing to postcards (p. 70).

 

 

 

(Postcard)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing on wide size paper (you can

 

 

 

 

 

 

check the composition at a 16:9 aspect

(Widescreen)

3264 x 1832 pixels ratio. Areas that will not be recorded

 

 

appear on the LCD monitor as a black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

border.)

 

: Approximate number of recording pixels. (M is short for megapixels.) * Paper sizes vary according to region.

Approximate Values for Compression Settings

CompressionPurpose

Superfine High Quality Shoot higher quality images

Fine

 

 

Shoot normal quality images

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

Normal

Shoot more images

z See Image Data Sizes (Estimated) (p. 192).

z See Memory Cards and Estimated Capacities (p. 190).