Selecting the image quality and size (Record mode)
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Advanced shooting
1Display the top menu in the shooting mode.
• Open the lens barrier.
•Press .
2Press to select .
3Press to select one of the
record modes, then press .
The record modes for still pictures are
SHQ, HQ, SQ1 and SQ2; and for movies
are HQ and SQ.
The record mode is set and the menu is
closed.
4Take the picture.
Movie record modes
Record mode Description Resolution
(No. of pixels) Quality File size
HQ
(High Quality)
You can record continuously
for 15 seconds at a time.
320 × 240 pixels* Clearer Larger
SQ
(Standard
Quality)
You can record continuously
for 60 seconds at a time.
160 × 120 pixels*
Normal Smaller
*Pixels are the unit used to express the resolution. “Relation between the
record mode and the resolution” ( p.48)
• The record mode setting returns to HQ (factory default setting) when
the lens barrier is closed. “Saving the settings (All Reset)” ( p.78)
• Even if you change the movie record mode, the still picture record
mode remains the same.
Still picture record modes