Using “Memory Stick”–introduction

Image quality settings
Setting

Meaning

 

 

FINE (FINE)

Use this mode when you want to record high quality

 

images. The image is compressed to about 1/6.

 

 

STANDARD (STD)

This is the standard image quality. The image is

 

compressed to 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.)

Image quality modeMemory capacity

 

 

FINE

About 100 KB

 

 

STANDARD

About 60 KB

 

 

Approximate number of images you can record on a “Memory Stick”

The approximate number of images you can record on a “Memory Stick” formatted using this camcorder varies depending on which image quality mode you select and the complexity of the subject.

Maximum number of images you can record on a “Memory Stick”

Setting

4MB

8MB

16MB

32MB64MB128MB

 

(supplied)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE

40

81

164

329

659

1319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STANDARD

60

122

246

494

988

1978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note on the image quality mode indicator

This is only displayed during recording.

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