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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.

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and

playback modes (A6, 7).

CImage Mode
The image mode setting can also be applied from the easy auto, scene and one-touch portrait
menus. Changes made to the image mode setting from any of the three menus apply to all shooting
modes.
Option Size (pixels) Description
MHigh (3072P)3,072 × 2,304
Highest quality, suitable for enlargements
or high-quality prints. The compression
ratio is approximately 1:4.
dNormal (3072)
(default setting) 3,072 × 2,304 Best choice in most situations. The
compression ratio is approximately 1:8.
eNormal (2592) 2,592 × 1,944
gNormal (2048) 2,048 × 1,536
Smaller size allows more pictures to be
stored. The compression ratio is
approximately 1:8.
jPC screen (1024) 1,024 × 768 Suited to display on a computer monitor.
The compression ratio is approximately 1:8.
kTV screen (640) 640 × 480
Suited to full-screen display on a television,
or distribution by e-mail or the web. The
compression ratio is approximately 1:8.
Y16:9 3,072 × 1,728
Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can be
taken. The compression ratio is
approximately 1:8.