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Image Size

Image size when shooting still images

Image size in Easy Mode

Image size when shooting Sweep Panorama

Image size when shooting movies

The image size determines the size of the image file that is recorded when you take an image. The larger the image size, the more detail will be reproduced when the image is printed on large- format paper. The smaller the image size, the more images can be recorded.

1.MENU (Image Size) desired size

On “image quality” and “image size”

A digital image is made up of a collection of small dots called pixels.

If it contains a large number of pixels (A), the image becomes large, it takes up more memory, and the image is displayed in fine detail. “Image size” is shown by the number of pixels. Although you cannot see the differences on the screen of the camera, the fine detail and data processing time differ when the image is printed or displayed on a computer screen.

Image size: 14M

4320 pixels × 3240 pixels = 13,996,800 pixels

Image size: VGA

640 pixels × 480 pixels = 307,200 pixels

Many pixels

(Fine image quality and large file size)

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Sony DSC-W530, W550, DSCW530 manual Image Size, On image quality and image size