Selecting Photo Size and Quality

Still images are recorded on the memory card as JPG files. As a general rule, select a larger image size for higher quality.

Select the [LW 1152x648] size for still images with an aspect ratio of 16:9.

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Options

Image size options and the approximate number of still images that can be recorded on memory cards of various sizes are given in the table below.

FUNC.

[ L 1152x864] ( only) or

[ L 1024x768] ( only) Desired image size*

Desired image quality*

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*Press to move back and forth between size and quality selection. The number displayed on the right corner indicates the approximate number of images that can be recorded with the current quality/size setting.

NOTES

When printing still images, use the following guidelines as a reference for selecting the print size.

-LW 1152x648: To print photos with a 16:9 aspect ratio. (Wide photo paper is required.)

-L 1152x864 (or 1024x768): To print

photos up to L size (9 x 13 cm,

3.5 x 1.5 in.) or postcard size

(10 x 14.8 cm, 4 x 6 in.)

-S 640x480: To send images as e-mail attachments or post them on the Web.

Approximate number of still images on a memory card

 

 

 Default value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory card

 

128 MB

 

 

512 MB

 

 

1 GB

 

Image quality1

 



 

 



 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LW 1152x648

245

360

695

970

1,435

2,745

1,945

2,875

5,490

(

only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L 1152x864

185

280

545

735

1,115

2,155

1,470

2,235

4,315

(

only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L 1024x768

235

345

695

940

1,370

2,745

1,885

2,745

5,490

(

only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S 640x480

585

850

1,530

2,320

3,355

6,040

4,645

6,715

12,0852

1: [SUPER FINE], : [FINE], : [NORMAL]

2Approximate number of still images that can actually be recorded on the memory card. (The maximum number of remaining still images displayed on the screen is 9999.)

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