Sony DSC-F717 Image size and quality, The number of images** that can be saved in a “Memory Stick”

Image size and quality

You can choose image size (number of pixels) and image quality (compression ratio) based on the kind of images you want to shoot. The larger you make the image size and the higher you make the image quality, the better your image, but also the larger the amount of data needed to preserve your image. This means you can save fewer images in your “Memory Stick.” Choose an image size and quality level appropriate for the kind of images you want to shoot.

You can resize the images later (Resize function, page 72).

You can choose image size from among the five options in the following tables.

Image size	Examples
2560×1920	Very fine prints
2560 (3:2)	3:2 prints*
2048×1536	Printing A4 size images
1280×960	Printing postcard size images
640×480	For images to be attached to e-
	mail

*This option records images in a horizontal to vertical proportion of 3:2 to match the size of the print paper used.

The number of images** that can be saved in a “Memory Stick”

The number of images that can be saved in FINE (STANDARD) mode are shown below. (Units: number of images)

Capacity	16MB		32MB		64MB		128MB
Image size
2560×1920	6	(11)	12	(23)	25	(48)	51		(96)
2560 (3:2)	6	(11)	12	(23)	25	(48)	51		(96)
2048×1536	10 (18)		20	(37)	41	(74)	82	(149)
1280×960	24 (46)		50	(93)	101	(187)	202		(376)
640×480	97	(243)	196	(491)	394	(985)	790	(1975)

** When [REC MODE] is set to [NORMAL]	•	The image size is the screen size used when
For the number of images that can be saved		viewing the images on a computer. When the
in other modes, see page 104.		images are viewed on the screen of the camera,
		they all look the same size.
	•	Number of images that can be saved can differ
		from these values according to shooting
		conditions.
	•	The image size value (e.g., 2560×1920) is the
		number of pixels displayed.

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