.About image sizes

The size of an image indicates how many pixels it contains, and is expressed as horizontal pixelsxvertical pixels.

8M (3264x2448) size image = Approximately 8 million pixels

VGA (640x480) size image = Approximately 300,000 pixels

Image Size Selection Tips

3264*

*2448

640*

*480

*Unit: pixels

Note that larger images have more pixels, so they take up more memory space.

Large Number

More detail, but takes up more memory. Best

when you plan to print large-size prints (such

of Pixels

as A3 size).

 

 

 

Small Number

Less detail, but takes up less memory. Best

of Pixels

when you want to send images by e-mail, etc.

 

 

•For information about image size, image quality, and number of images that can be stored, see page 168.

•For information about movie image size, see page 56.

•For information about resizing existing snapshots, see page 102.

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