Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
AImage Mode
Set to A(Auto) Md(Shooting menu) MAImage mode
Choose an image mode, which is the combination of image size and image quality (compression), according to how you plan to use the picture and the capacity of the internal memory or memory card.
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.
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| High (4000P) |
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Shooting, | H | 4,000×3,000 | or | ||
I | (default setting) | 4,000×3,000 | ratio is approximately 1:4. | ||
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R | Normal (3264) | 3,264×2,448 | compression ratio is approximately 1:8. | ||
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| L | Normal (2592) | 2,592×1,944 |
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| Normal (2048) |
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Setup | M | 2,048×1,536 | stored. The compression ratio is | ||
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Menus | N | PC screen (1024) | 1,024×768 | Suited to display on computer monitor. The | |
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| 16:9 (3968) |
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| P | 3,968×2,232 | taken. The compression ratio is | ||
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The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (A6, 7).
CImage Mode
• Changes made to the image mode setting apply to all shooting modes (except those available from the movie mode).
• This feature cannot be used simultaneously with certain features. ➝ “Functions that Cannot be
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Applied Simultaneously” (A109)