Selecting the Size and Quality of Still Images

Still images are recorded on the memory card or the disc using the JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compression.

You can select the size and quality of still images. As a general rule select a larger image size for higher quality stills (for example for printing and enlarging); or a smaller image size if you want to record more images on the memory card or want smaller file sizes (for example for e-mail attachments or for web pages).

Approximate number of still images that can be recorded on a memory card:

Image Size

 

L 2304X1736

 

M1 1632X1224

 

M2 1280X960

 

S 640X480

Image Quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 MB Card

3

 

6

 

15

9

 

13

25

15

20

40

75

105

170

128 MB Card

45

70

155

85

135

250

140

215

395

690

955

1525

256 MB Card

90

145

310

175

275

500

280

430

795

1380

1900

3040

Approximate number of still images that can be recorded on a disc:

Image Size

 

L 2304X1736

 

M1 1632X1224

 

M2 1280X960

 

S 640X480

Image Quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD-R/RW

545

855

1815

1025

1585

2910

1630

2495

4595

7945

9999

9999

VIDEO Mode

DVD-RW

545

855

1820

1025

1590

2915

1635

2500

4605

7960

*

*

VR Mode

11680

19470

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

: Super Fine, : Fine, : Normal

*This number is the number of images that can be recorded on the disc; however, the maximum number of remaining images displayed on the screen will be 9999.

Depending on the number of images on the memory card or disc (Windows: more than 1800 images; Macintosh: more than 1000 images), you may not be able to download images to a computer. Try using a card reader to download the still images recorded on the memory card.

Connection to a PictBridge compliant printer will not work when the memory card contains more than 1800 images. For best performance, we recommend to keep the number of images on the memory card under 100.

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