Changing the image quality

The camera has three image quality settings: Good, Better, and Best. You can view the current quality setting, as well as the number of pictures that can be taken, on the image display. This setting determines the quality of the images and how many images can be stored in internal memory or on the memory card. Higher quality images take up more space in memory. The following table identifies the approximate number of pictures that you can take at each setting based on internal memory or a 16 MB memory card with digital zoom off.

Setting

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Description and capacity

Good

 

This is the most memory-efficient setting.

 

 

This is recommended for sending images in

 

 

e-mail or posting to the Internet.

 

 

Internal memory—87 images

 

 

16 MB memory card—200 images

 

 

 

Better

 

This setting produces high-quality images

 

 

and requires less memory than Best. This is

 

 

recommended for printing pictures

 

 

10 by 15 cm (4 by 6 inches). This is the

 

 

default quality setting.

 

 

Internal memory—14 images

 

 

16 MB memory card—32 images

 

 

 

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 that are

 

 

20 by 25 cm (8 by 10 inches) or larger.

 

 

Internal memory—7 images

 

 

16 MB memory card—17 images

 

 

 

2-Taking pictures

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