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 appropriately for the kind of images you want to shoot.

You can resize the images later (Resize function, see page 69).

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

The number of images that can be saved in a “Memory Stick”2)

The number of images that can be saved in Fine (Standard)3) mode are shown below. (Units: number of images)

Capacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image

16MB

32MB

64MB

128MB

MSX-256

MSX-512

MSX-1G

size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1M

10 (18)

20

(37)

41

(74)

82

(149)

148 (264)

302 (537)

617 (1097)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.8M (3:2)

10 (18)

20

(37)

41

(74)

82

(149)

148 (264)

302 (537)

617 (1097)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.0M

16 (30)

33

(61)

66 (123)

133 (246)

238 (446)

484 (907)

988 (1852)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.2M

24 (46)

50

(93)

101

(187)

202 (376)

357 (649)

726 (1320)

1482

(2694)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

97 (243)

196

(491)

394

(985)

790

(1975)

1428

2904

5928

(3571)

(7261)

(14821)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

images still Shooting

image sizes shown below show minimum settings as examples. When you want to improve image quality, select a larger image size.

Image size

Examples

3.1M

2048×1536

Printing A4 size images

 

 

 

2.8M (3:2)

2048(3:2)

3:2 prints1)

2.0M

1632×1224

Printing A5 size images

 

 

 

1.2M

1280×960

Printing postcard size

 

 

images

 

 

 

VGA

640×480

Creating your home page

 

 

 

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

2)When [REC Mode] is set to [Normal]

For the number of images that can be saved in other modes, see page 101.

3)For more information about the image quality mode, see page 46.

•“3.2MEGA PIXELS” shown on the surface of the camera is the number of effective pixels of the CCD. However, the maximum number of pixels recorded is 3.1 mega pixels.

•When the images recorded using other Sony devices are played back, the image size indication may be different from the actual image size.

•When the images are viewed on the LCD screen of the camera, they all look the same size.

•Number of shooting images can differ from these values according to shooting conditions.

•When the remaining number of images recordable is more than 9999, “>9999” is indicated.

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