Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects; Changing The Resolution And Compression - Canon PowerShot S30 User Manual

Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects

Camera settings such as image resolution and compression, shutter speed and
aperture can be freely changed for shooting.
• Please see
changed a setting.

Changing the Resolution and Compression

You can change the resolution and compression (excluding movies) settings to suit
the purpose of the image you are about to shoot. The resolution gets higher in the
order S (Small), M1 (Medium 1), M2 (Medium 2), and L (Large). Use a higher
resolution if you wish to make a large print. Conversely, use a lower resolution if
you wish to print on small objects, such as labels, to send images electronically, or
to fit more images on a CF card.
The compression gets higher in the order
Select (Superfine) for a higher quality image, or
images on a CF card. The
shots. To record the CCD output without compression, select the RAW file format
(p. 64).
Resolution (excluding
PowerShot S30
L (Large) 2048 x 1536 pixels
M1 (Medium 1)
M2 (Medium 2)
S (Small)
Compression (excluding
Superfine
Fine
Normal
Auto Mode (p. 44) for shooting procedures once you have
(Fine) setting provides adequate quality for standard
)
PowerShot S40
2272 x 1704 pixels
1600 x 1200 pixels
1024 x 768 pixels
640 x 480 pixels
)
Shooting - Selecting Particular Effects
(Superfine), (Fine) and
(Normal) if you wish to fit more
Resolution (
320 x 240 pixels
160 x 120 pixels
• Common to PowerShot S30
and PowerShot S40
(Normal).
)
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