Changing the image quality

Image quality controls the resolution and compression settings that will be used to capture images. At higher settings, there will be greater detail visible in the images, but the file size of an image will be larger, and thus fewer pictures will fit in the internal memory or on the memory card.

1In the Capture menu, select Image Quality.

2In the Image Quality menu, use

the buttons to highlight one of the quality settings. At the bottom of the Image Display is a Pictures Remaining count which shows how the number of remaining pictures is affected by each quality setting.

3Press OK to save the setting and return to Live View.

The following table describes the different quality settings:

Setting

Icon

Description and capacity

Good

 

This is the most memory-efficient setting, ideal

 

 

for images you want to e-mail or post to the

 

 

Internet.

 

 

 

Better

 

This setting produces high-quality images and

 

 

requires less memory than Best setting. This is

 

 

recommended for printing images up to 20 by

 

 

25 cm (8 by 10 inches). This is the default

 

 

quality setting.

 

 

 

Best

 

This setting produces the highest-quality images

 

 

and uses the most memory. This is

 

 

recommended if you plan to enlarge images, or

 

 

print images to a size larger than 20 by 25 cm

 

 

(8 by 10 inches).

 

 

 

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