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.

To change the image quality setting, press the Quality button until the desired setting appears on the Status LCD. If Live View is on, the icon also appears in the Image Display.

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.

 

 

At this setting, internal camera memory holds

 

 

about 125 images, and a 16 MB memory card

 

 

holds about 117 images.

 

 

 

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. At this setting, internal camera memory

 

 

holds about 19 images, and a 16 MB memory

 

 

card holds about 18 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 to

 

 

a size larger than 20 by 25 cm (8 by 10 inches).

 

 

At this setting, internal camera memory and a 16

 

 

MB memory card holds about 12 images.

 

 

 

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