Casio EXILIM EX-Z550 User Manual page 34

. About image sizes
The size of an image indicates how many pixels it contains, and is expressed as
horizontal pixels vertical pixels.
x
10M (3648 2736) size image =
x
Approximately 10 million pixels
VGA (640 480) size image =
x
Approximately 300,000 pixels
Image Size Selection Tips
Note that larger images have more pixels, so they take up more memory space.
Large Number
of Pixels
Small Number
of Pixels
• For information about image size, image quality, and number of images that can be
stored, see page 175.
• For information about movie image size, see page 78.
• For information about resizing existing snapshots, see page 105.
More detail, but takes up more memory. Best
when you plan to print large-size prints (such
as A3 size).
Less detail, but takes up less memory. Best
when you want to send images by e-mail,
etc.
3648*
640*
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Unit: pixels
Snapshot Tutorial