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 recording medium.

Choose an image size and quality level appropriately for the kind of images you want to shoot.

Image size

Examples

8M 1) (3264×2448)

Larger

• For storing important images or printing A3 size or fine A4 size

 

 

 

images.

3:2 2) (3264×2176)

 

 

5M

(2592×1944)

 

 

• For printing A4 size or fine A5 size images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3M

(2048×1536)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• For printing postcard size images.

1M

(1280×960)

 

 

 

 

 

• For shooting a lot of images, attaching images to e-mail, or

VGA (640×480)

 

 

 

 

Smaller

posting images to your home page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1)The default setting is [8M]. This size can give the highest image quality using this camera.

2)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”3)

The number of images that can be saved in Fine (Standard)4) mode are shown below. (Units: number of images)

Capacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image

16MB

32MB

64MB

128MB

MSX-256

MSX-512

MSX-1G

size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8M

4

(7)

8 (15)

16

(30)

32

(60)

59 (109)

121

(223)

247

(456)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:2

4

(7)

8 (15)

16

(30)

32

(60)

59 (109)

121

(223)

247

(456)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5M

6 (11)

12

(23)

25

(48)

51

(96)

92 (174)

188

(354)

384

(723)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3M

10

(18)

20

(37)

41

(74)

82 (149)

148

(264)

302

(537)

617 (1097)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1M

24

(46)

50

(93)

101

(187)

202

(376)

357

(649)

726 (1320)

1482

(2694)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

97 (243)

196

(491)

394

(985)

790 (1975)

1428

(3571)

2904

(7261)

5928

(14821)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)When [Mode] (REC Mode) is set to [Normal]

For the number of images that can be saved in other modes, see pages 134, 135.

4)For more information about the image quality (compression ratio) mode, see page 49.

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