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before you start taking pictures

Record mode

You can select a record mode in which to take pictures or shoot movies. Select the best record mode for your purpose (printing, editing on a computer, website editing, etc.). For information on the image sizes for each record mode and memory capacity, see the table on P. 27.

Still picture record modes

Record mode depicts the image size and compression rate of pictures you wish to record.

Pictures are made from thousands of dots (pixels). If a picture with relatively few pixels is enlarged, it looks like a mosaic. A picture with many pixels is denser and clearer, but requires a larger file size (data size), decreasing the number of pictures that can be saved. Increasing the compression rate reduces the file size, but makes the pictures appear grainy.

Picture with high number of pixels

Picture with low number of pixels

Tips

Image size becomes larger

Application

Select according

to print size

For small-sized

prints and websites

Image becomes clearer

 

Compression

Low

High

Image size

compression

compression

2288

× 1712

SHQ

HQ

1600

× 1200

–

SQ1

640

× 480

–

SQ2

 

 

 

 

Image size

The number of pixels (horizontal × vertical) used when saving an image. Save your pictures in a large image size to get clearer prints.

Compression

Image data is compressed and recorded. The higher the compression, the less clear the image will be.

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