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.

 

 

Image mode

Image size

Description

Shooting,

 

(pixels)

 

 

 

 

High (4000P)

 

Highest quality, suitable for enlargements

 

 

 

 

H

4,000×3,000

or high-quality prints. The compression

Playback

 

 

 

ratio is approximately 1:4.

 

 

 

 

I

Normal (4000)

4,000×3,000

 

(default setting)

The best choice in most situations. The

and

 

 

 

R

Normal (3264)

3,264×2,448

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

Setup

 

 

 

 

L

Normal (2592)

2,592×1,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menus

 

Normal (2048)

2,048×1,536

Smaller size allows more pictures to be

M

approximately 1:8.

 

stored. The compression ratio is

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

PC screen (1024)

1,024×768

Suited to display on computer monitor. The

 

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV screen (640)

 

Suited to full-screen display on a television

 

O

640×480

or distribution by e-mail or the web. The

 

 

 

 

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9 (3968)

 

Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can be

 

P

3,968×2,232

taken. The compression ratio is

 

 

 

 

approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (A6, 7).

CImage Mode

•Change made to this setting applies to all shooting modes (except movie mode).

•This feature cannot be used simultaneously with certain features. ➝ “Functions that Cannot Be

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Applied Simultaneously“ (A105)