Setting The Image-Recording Quality - Canon EOS 400D Digital Instruction Manual

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Setting the Image-Recording Quality

Set the recording quality to suit the intended image size for printing, etc.
Note that the recording quality will also affect the number of shots the
CF card can record. Select the recording quality while thinking about
the capacity of the CF card to be used. Also see "Guide to Image-
recording Quality Settings" below and "FAQ" on the next page.
Guide to Image-recording Quality Settings
Quality
73
High
quality
83
74
Medium
quality
84
76
Low
quality
86
1
High
quality
1+73
* Applies to a 512MB CF card.
* Except for the 1 mode, the JPEG is used to record the image in all the
recording-quality modes.
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Select the image-recording
quality.
Under the [z] tab, select [Quality]
and press <0>. Set it to the desired
recording quality such as [73], then
press <0>.
[Quality] will be displayed.
The figures (**** x ****) displayed on
the upper right is the actual pixel
count (horizontal x vertical) for the
respective quality setting.
Possible
Pixels
Approx. 10.1
million
Approx. 5.3
million
Approx. 2.5
million
Approx. 10.1
million
Shots
A3 (42x29.7cm/16.5x11.7in.)
128
248
A4 (29.7x21cm/
215
409
76
374 86
708
17.8x12.7cm/7.0x5.0in.
48
14.8x10cm/5.8x3.9in.
26
Paper size
73
83
1
11.7x8.3in.)
1 + 73
74
84