Canon IXUS 860 IS appendix Select a resolution setting, Approximate Values for Recording Pixels

Commonly Used Shooting Functions

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Changing the Recording Pixels/ Compression (Still Images)

See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 228).

1

Select a resolution setting.

1.Press the button.

2.Use the or button to select and the or button to change the option.

3. Press the button.

Approximate Values for Recording Pixels

Recording Pixels				Purpose*
(Large)	8M	3264 x 2448	High	Printing to about A3-size
		pixels		297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 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.
(Postcard)
			Printing on wide size paper (you can
			check the composition at a 16:9
(Widescreen)	3264 x 1832 pixels aspect 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.