Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Z Image Mode

Pictures taken with a digital camera are recorded as image files. The size of the files, and the number of images that can be recorded with it, depend on the size and quality of the images. Before shooting, choose an image mode according to how you plan to use the picture.

Image mode

High(3072 )

Normal(3072)

Normal(2592)

Normal(2048)

PC screen(1024)

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Option

Size (pixels)

Description

F High (3072★)

 

 

Highest quality, suitable for enlarge-

3,072

× 2,304

ments or high-quality prints. The com-

 

 

 

 

pression ratio is approximately 1:4.

 

 

 

 

 

E

Normal (3072)

3,072

× 2,304

Best choice in most situations. The com-

(default setting)

 

 

 

 

pression ratio is approximately 1:8.

d Normal (2592)

2,592

× 1,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

e Normal (2048)

 

 

Smaller size allows more pictures to be

2,048

× 1,536

stored. The compression ratio is approxi-

 

 

 

 

mately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

h PC screen (1024)

 

 

Suited to display on computer display.

1,024 × 768

The compression ratio is approximately

 

 

 

 

1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suited to full-screen display on a televi-

i TV screen (640)

640

× 480

sion or distribution by e-mail or the web.

The compression ratio is approximately

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

B 16:9

 

 

Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can

3,072

× 1,728

be taken. The compression ratio is

 

 

 

 

approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (c 6, 7).

Menus Setup and Playback, Shooting,

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