Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu

Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus

A 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.

 

Option

Size (pixels)

Description

 

 

 

2,736

Highest quality, suitable for enlargements

h

High (3648 P)

3,648

or high-quality prints. The compression

 

 

 

 

ratio is approximately 1:4.

 

 

 

 

 

i

Normal (3648)

3,648

2,736

 

 

(default setting)

 

 

Best choice in most situations. The

 

 

 

2,304

K

Normal (3072)

3,072

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

L

Normal (2592)

2,592

1,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,536

Smaller size allows more pictures to be

M

Normal (2048)

2,048

stored. The compression ratio is

 

 

 

 

approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

N

PC screen (1024)

1,024 768

Suited to display on a computer monitor.

The compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

480

Suited to full-screen display on a television,

O

TV screen (640)

640

or distribution by e-mail or the web. The

 

 

 

 

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

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

DImage Mode

Changes made to these settings apply to all shooting modes (except movie menu).

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Nikon S600 user manual Image Mode