3Setting the Image-Recording Quality

Set the recording quality to suit the intended image size for printing, etc. Note that the recording quality will also affect the number of shots the CF card can record. Select the recording quality while thinking about the capacity of the CF card to be used. Also see “Guide to Image- recording Quality Settings” below and “FAQ” on the next page.

Select the image-recording quality.

Under the [z] tab, select [Quality] and press <0>. Set it to the desired recording quality such as [73], then press <0>.

X[Quality] will be displayed.

The figures (**** x ****) displayed on the upper right is the actual pixel count (horizontal x vertical) for the respective quality setting.

Guide to Image-recording Quality Settings

 

Quality

Pixels

Possible

 

 

 

Paper size

 

 

Shots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A3 (42x29.7cm/16.5x11.7in.)

73

 

High

Approx. 10.1

128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73

83

 

quality

million

248

 

 

A4 (29.7x21cm/

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.7x8.3in.)

1

74

 

Medium

Approx. 5.3

215

 

 

 

1+73

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

84

 

quality

million

409

 

76

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76

 

Low

Approx. 2.5

374

 

86

 

 

 

86

 

quality

million

708

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.8x12.7cm/7.0x5.0in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

High

Approx. 10.1

48

 

14.8x10cm/5.8x3.9in.

1+73

quality

million

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Applies to a 512MB CF card.

*Except for the 1 mode, the JPEG is used to record the image in all the recording-quality modes.

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