Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A, B, C, DModes)

rImage Size

Set to A, B, C or DMdMA, B, C, D(shooting menu) (A74) MImage size

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Choose the size of pictures in pixels for recording.

Pictures shot at smaller sizes require less memory, making them suited to distribution by e-mail or the web.

Conversely, the larger the image, the larger the size at which it can be printed or displayed without becoming noticeably “grainy,” limiting the number of pictures that can be recorded.

 

Image size

Description

M

3648×2736

Record pictures exhibiting greater detail than those shot at

(default setting)

E3264×2448 or D2592×1944.

E 3264×2448

Good balance between file size and quality makes this the best

 

 

D 2592×1944

choice in most situations.

 

C2048×1536

 

 

Smaller than M3648×2736, E3264×2448 and D2592×1944

B

1600×1200

for recording more pictures.

 

 

A1280×960

J

1024×768

Record pictures of a size suitable for display on devices such as a

computer monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

f

640×480

Record pictures suitable for display on a television with a screen

aspect ratio of 4:3, or for e-mail attachment.

 

 

 

 

 

I

3648×2432

Record pictures with the same aspect ratio (3:2) as those shot with

35 mm film cameras.

 

 

 

 

 

G

3584×2016

Record pictures with the same aspect ratio (16:9) as wide-screen

televisions.

 

 

 

 

H 2736×2736

Record perfectly square pictures.

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (A8 to 10).

CNotes on the Image Size Setting

•Changes made to the image size setting apply to all shooting modes (except for sport continuous mode and shooting mode M).

•For sport continuous mode, the image size is fixed to B1600×1200 or A1280×960 (A64).

•This feature cannot be used simultaneously with certain features. See “Functions that Cannot be Applied Simultaneously” (A96) for more information.