Shooting Options: Shooting Menu (A(Auto) Mode)

Image Mode (Image Quality/Image Size)

A(auto) MF(Shooting menu) MImage mode

Image mode refers to the combination of image size and image quality (compression) at which pictures are recorded. Choose the image mode best suited to the manner in which pictures will be used and the capacity of the internal memory or memory card. The higher the image mode setting, the larger the size at which it can be printed or displayed without appearing noticeably “grainy,” but limiting the number of pictures that can be recorded.

 

Option

Size (pixels)

Description

More

 

 

 

Higher quality than Isuitable for enlargements or

H4000×3000P

4000

× 3000

high-quality prints. The compression ratio is

on

 

 

 

approximately 1:4.

Shooting

I4000×3000

4000

× 3000

 

 

 

 

(default setting)

 

 

 

 

Best choice in most situations. The compression ratio is

 

 

 

 

 

R3264×2448

3264

× 2448

approximately 1:8.

 

L2592×1944

2592

× 1944

 

 

M2048×1536

2048

× 1536

Smaller size than I, R, or L, allows more pictures to

 

be stored. The compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

N1024×768

1024 × 768

Suited to display on a computer monitor. The

 

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suited to full-screen display on a television with an

 

O640×480

640

× 480

aspect ratio of 4:3, or distribution by e-mail. The

 

 

 

 

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

P3968×2232

3968

× 2232

Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are taken. The

 

compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback modes (A 11, 13).

CImage Mode

•Changes made to this setting apply to all shooting modes (except movie recording).

•There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that

48Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A 58) for more information.