Sony DCR- TRV24E Operating Instructions Manual page 145

Using a "Memory Stick"
– Introduction
Image quality settings
Setting Meaning
SUPER FINE This is the highest image quality in
(SFN)* your camcorder.
The number of still images you can
record is less than in FINE mode.
Super fine images are compressed
to about 1/3.
FINE (FINE) Use this mode when you want to
record high quality images. Fine
images are compressed to about
1/6.
STANDARD This is the standard image quality
(STD) in your camcorder. Standard
images are compressed to about
1/10.
Note
In some cases, changing the image quality mode
may not affect the image quality, depending on
the type of images you are shooting.
Differences in image quality mode
Recorded images are compressed in JPEG format
before being stored in memory. The memory
capacity allotted to each image varies depending
on the selected image quality mode and image
size. Details are shown in the table below.
1152 864 image size*
Image quality
SUPER FINE
FINE
STANDARD
640 480 image size
Image quality
SUPER FINE*
FINE
STANDARD
* DCR-TRV24E/TRV25E/TRV27E only
Memory capacity
About 600 KB
About 300 KB
About 200 KB
Memory capacity
About 190 KB
About 100 KB
About 60 KB
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