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

AImage Mode (Image Quality/Image Size)

A(auto) Md(Shooting menu) MAImage mode

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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

 

 

 

Higher quality than R, suitable for enlargements

Q4320 × 3240P

4320

× 3240

or high-quality prints. The compression ratio is

 

 

 

approximately 1:4.

R4320 × 3240

4320

× 3240

 

(default setting)

 

 

 

Best choice in most situations. The compression

 

 

 

R3264 × 2448

3264

× 2448

ratio is approximately 1:8.

L2592 × 1944

2592

× 1944

 

 

 

 

Smaller size than R, R, or Lallows more

M2048 × 1536

2048

× 1536

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

O640 × 480

640

× 480

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

 

 

 

The compression ratio is approximately 1:8.

P4224 × 2376

4224

× 2376

Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 are recorded.

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.

•There may be functions with which this setting cannot be enabled. See “Camera Settings that Cannot Be Applied Simultaneously” (A53) for more information.