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 (pages 18 and 41).

You can resize the images later (Resize function, see page 76).

You can choose image size from among the five options in the following tables. The below image size is a minimum setting for examples. When you want to improve image quality, select the larger image size.

Image size

Examples

 

 

 

5.0M

2592×1944

Very fine prints

 

 

 

4.5M(3:2)

2592 (3:2)

3:2 prints1)

3.1M

2048×1536

Printing A4 size images

 

 

 

1.2M

1280×960

Printing postcard size

 

 

images

 

 

 

VGA

640×480

Creating home pages

 

 

 

1)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”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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.0M

6 (11)

12 (23)

25 (48)

51 (96)

92 (174)

188 (354)

384 (723)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.5M(3:2)

6 (11)

12 (23)

25 (48)

51 (96)

92 (174)

188 (354)

384 (723)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1M

10 (18)

20 (37)

41 (74)

82 (149)

148 (264)

302 (537)

617 (1097)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.2M

24

50

101

202

357

726

1482

(46)

(93)

(187)

(376)

(649)

(1320)

(2694)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

97

196

394

790

1428

2904

5928

(243)

(491)

(985)

(1975)

(3571)

(7261)

(14821)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

For the number of images that can be saved in other modes, see page 109.

3)For more information about the image quality mode, see page 41.

•When images recorded using earlier Sony models are played back on this camera, the display may differ 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 number of remaining shooting images is greater than 9999, the “>9999” indicator appears on the LCD screen.

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