Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
AImage Mode
Pictures taken with a digital camera are recorded as image files. The size of the files, and with it the number of images that can be recorded, depends on the size and quality of the images. Before shooting, choose an image mode according to how you plan to use the picture.
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z | High (3264P) | 3,264 | ⋅ 2,448 | Highest quality, suitable for enlargements | |
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M | 3,072 | ⋅ 2,304 | ratio is approximately 1:4. | ||
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y | Normal (3264)1 | 3,264 | ⋅ 2,448 |
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e | Normal (2592) | 2,592 | ⋅ 1,944 |
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g | Normal (2048) | 2,048 | stored. The compression ratio is | ||
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j | PC Screen (1024) | 1,024 ⋅ 768 | Suited to display on a computer monitor. | ||
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k | TV Screen (640) | 640 | or distribution by | ||
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Y | 16:9 (1920) | 1,920 | taken. The compression ratio is | ||
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1Default setting for L18
2 Default setting for L16
The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (A6, 7).
CImage Mode
The image mode setting can also be applied from the scene mode menu. Changes made to the image mode setting from any available menus apply to all shooting modes.
The image mode setting cannot be applied in the easy auto mode.
yNormal (3,264) with L18 and dNormal (3,072) with L16 are fixed.
Menus Setup and Playback Shooting,
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