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Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
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Set A(Auto) mode (A27) Md(shooting menu) MA image 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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| Q 4320×3240P |
| Highest quality; suitable for enlargements | ||
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| R | 4320×3240 | 4320×3240 |
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R 3264×2448 | 3264×2448 | compression ratio is approximately 1:8. | |||
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| L 2592×1944 | 2592×1944 |
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Playback | M 2048×1536 |
| Smaller size allows more pictures to be | ||
2048×1536 | saved. The compression ratio is | ||||
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and | N 1024×768 | 1024×768 | Suited to display on a computer monitor. | ||
The compression ratio is approximately 1:8. | |||||
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Menus | O 640×480 | 640×480 | television, or distribution by | ||
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| P 3968×2232 |
| Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can be | ||
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The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (A6, 7).
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