Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

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rImage Size

Choose the size (pixel count) for the pictures recorded.

Pictures shot at large sizes require more memory and are suitable for printing, but the number of shots that can be taken will be fewer.

Small image sizes are suitable for pictures that will be distributed by e-mail or used in web pages. However, printing small images at large print sizes will result in the image turning “grainy”.

 

Image size

Description

N

4224×3168

Record pictures exhibiting greater detail than those shot at

(default setting)

E3264×2448 or D 2592×1944.

E 3264×2448

Good balance between file size and quality makes this the best

 

 

D 2592×1944

choice in most situations.

 

C2048×1536

B

1600×1200

Smaller than N4224×3168, E 3264×2448, and

D2592×1944 for recording more pictures.

 

 

A1280×960

J 1024×768

Record pictures suited to display on a computer monitor.

 

 

 

K

640×480

Record pictures suited to display on a television, or to distribution

via e-mail or the web.

 

 

 

 

 

I

4224×2816

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

35mm [135] format film cameras.

 

 

 

 

 

G

4224×2376

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

televisions.

 

 

 

 

H 3168×3168

Record perfectly square pictures.

The Image size setting is shown by an icon in the monitor during shooting or playback (A8, 9).

CNote on the Image Size Setting

•The image size setting is applied to the auto shooting mode, scene modes, and A, B, C, and D modes simultaneously (Multi-shot 16 (A140) is excluded).

•Image size cannot be set for images with Image quality (A124) set to NRW (RAW).

•The image size of JPEG images can be set when the image quality is set to NRW (RAW) + Fine, NRW (RAW) + Normal, or NRW (RAW) + Basic. However, I4224×2816, G4224×2376 and

H3168×3168 cannot be selected.

•The image size of JPEG images created using NRW (RAW) processing (A72) can be chosen for recorded NRW (RAW) images (up to a maximum of 4224×3168 pixels).