Sony MVC-CD350 Image size and quality, Number of images that can be saved in a supplied CD-R2

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 disc.

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 67).

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
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 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 supplied CD-R2)

		(Units: images)
Quality3)	Fine	Standard
Image size
3.1M	81	145
2.8M(3:2)	81	145
2.0M	131	234
1.2M	194	345
VGA	655	1285

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

For the number of images that can be saved in other modes, see page 99.

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

•The “3.2 MEGA PIXELS” indicated on the camera shows the number of effective pixels. The number of actually recorded pixels is maximum 3.1 MEGA pixels.

•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.

Shooting still images

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