Selecting 3:2 (4000 × 2656 pixels) records images with an aspect ratio of 3:2, which matches the standard aspect ratio (3:2) of print paper.

The letters “HDTV” stand for “High Definition Television”. An HDTV screen has an aspect ratio of 16:9, which makes them wider than the usual 4:3 aspect ratio of television screens of the past. Your camera can record images that are compatible with the aspect ratio of an HDTV screen.

VGA (640 × 480 pixels) is the optimum size when attaching images to e-mail.

Print paper sizes should be thought of as rough estimates only (200 dpi print resolution).

Specifying Image Quality

Your camera lets you select “Fine” (maximum image quality), “Normal”, or “Economy” (maximum memory economy) for the image quality setting. The initial setting is “Normal”. Select “Fine” if you want to give priority to image quality, or “Economy” to give priority to the number of images you can store in memory.

For information about image size, image quality, and number of images that can be stored, see page 282.

This setting applies to snapshots only.

For information about movie image quality, see page 101.

1.In a REC mode, press [MENU].

2.On the “Quality” tab, select “ Quality” and then press [X].

3.Use [S] and [T] to select the image quality setting you want and then press [SET].

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