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Shooting
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Changing Resolution/Compression Settings

You can change the resolution, compression (still images) and frame

rate(movies, p. 41) settings to suit th e purpose of the image you are

about to shoot.

Still Images

Movies

Mode Dial
Resolution Purpose
Display Pixels
L (Large) 3264 × 2448 Large
Small
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Print larger than A3 size* prints 297 x 420 mm
(11.7 x 16.5 in.)
M1 (Medium 1) 2592 × 1944
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Print A3 size prints* 297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in.)
M2 (Medium 2) 2048 × 1536
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Print A4 size* prints 210 x 297 mm (8.3 x 11.7 in.)
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Print letter size* prints 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 in.)
M3 (Medium 2) 1600 × 1200
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Print L size prints 89 x 119 mm (3.5 x 4.7 in.)
S (Small) 640 × 480
z
Send images as e-mail attachments
z
Shoot more images
Compression Purpose
Superfine High Quality
Normal
Shoot higher quality images
Fine Shoot normal quality images
Normal Shoot more images
Resolution Frame Rate Image
Quality
Smoothness
Recording
Time Purpose
1024 × 768 15 frames/sec. High
Quality Normal Short
Long
When viewing movies on a
computer screen at a large
size.
640 × 480 30 frames/sec. High
Quality Full-motion Shoot higher quality movies
640 × 480 15 frames/sec. High
Quality Normal Normal shooting with
resolution as priority
320 × 240 30 frames/sec. Normal Full-motion Normal quality with
smoothness as priority
320 × 240 15 frames/sec. Normal Normal Shoot longer movies
160 × 120 15 frames/sec. Normal Normal Up to 3 min. Send movies as e-mail
attachments
Shooting