Deciding the still image size and quality (continued)

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, see page 68).

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

Image size

Examples

 

 

2272×1704

Very fine prints

(DSC-P9)

 

 

 

2272 (3:2)

3:2 prints*

(DSC-P9)

 

 

 

2048×1536

Very fine prints

(DSC-P7)

 

 

 

2048 (3:2)

3:2 prints*

(DSC-P7)

 

 

 

1600×1200

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.

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