Quality - On "Image Quality" And "Image Size - Sony DSC-T50 Cyber-shot&reg Handbook

Basic techniques for better images
Quality
A digital image is made up of a collection of small dots called pixels.
If it contains a large number of pixels, the picture 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.
Description of the pixels and the image size
3072
640
Pixels
Selecting the image size for use (page 25)
Selecting the image quality (compression ratio) in combination (page 46)
You can select the compression ratio when digital images are saved. When you select a high
compression ratio, the image lacks the fineness of detail, but has a smaller file size.
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On "image quality" and "image size"
1 Image size: 7M
2 Image size: VGA(E-Mail)
Pixel
3072 pixels × 2304 pixels = 7,077,888 pixels
640 pixels × 480 pixels = 307,200 pixels
Many pixels (Fine
image quality and
large file size)
Few pixels (Rough
image quality but
small file size)
Example: Printing in
up to A3 size
Example: An attached
image to be sent by e-
mail