Using a “Memory Stick”–introduction

Selecting image quality mode

You can select image quality mode in still picture recording. The default setting is FINE.

(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR or MEMORY. Make sure that the LOCK is set to the right (unlock) position.

(2) Press FN to display PAGE1 (p. 99).

(3) Press MENU, then select QUALITY in in the menu settings to select a desired image quality.

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LOCK

FN

POWER LOCK

 

VCR

 

 

 

CAMERA OFF

MEMORY

To return to FN

Press EXIT.

Note

In some cases, changing the image quality mode may not affect the image quality, depending on the types of images you are shooting.

Image quality settings

Setting

Meaning

FINE

Use this mode when you want to record high quality images.

(Indicator: FINE)

The image is compressed to about 1/6.

 

 

STANDARD

This is the standard image quality. The image is compressed to

(Indicator: STD)

about 1/10.

 

 

Differences in image quality mode

Recorded images are compressed in JPEG format before being stored into memory. The memory capacity allotted to each image varies depending on the selected image quality mode. Details are shown in the table below. (The number of pixels is 640 × 480, regardless of image quality mode. The data size before compression is about 600 KB.)

operations Stick” “Memory

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