Shooting Options: The Shooting Menu
A Image Mode
Set to A / B M d (Shooting menu) M A Image mode
Choose an image mode, which is the combination of image size and image quality
(compression), according to how you plan to use the picture and the capacity of
the internal memory or memory card.
The larger the image, the larger the size at which it can be printed or displayed
without becoming noticeably "grainy, " limiting the number of pictures that can be
recorded.
Image mode
H
High (4000P)
Normal (4000)
I
(default setting)
R
Normal (3264)
Normal (2592)
L
M
Normal (2048)
N
PC screen (1024)
O
TV screen (640)
p
16:9 (3968)
The icon for the current setting is displayed in the monitor in shooting and playback
modes (A6, 7).
C
Image Mode settings for Sport Continuous mode and High Sensitivity
mode
• The image mode setting for sport continuous mode (A48) and high sensitivity mode (A50) can
be chosen from M Normal (2048) (default setting), N PC screen (1024), O TV screen (640) or
m 16:9 (1920) (Image size 1,920
• The image mode setting for sport continuous mode and high sensitivity mode is saved and
unaffected by image mode settings for other shooting modes.
100
Image size
(pixels)
Highest quality, suitable for enlargements or
4,000×3,000
high-quality prints. The compression ratio is
approximately 1:4.
4,000×3,000
The best choice in most situations. The
3,264×2,448
compression ratio is approximately 1:8.
2,592×1,944
Smaller size allows more pictures to be
2,048×1,536
stored. The compression ratio is
approximately 1:8.
Suited to display on computer monitor. The
1,024×768
compression ratio is approximately 1:8.
Suited to full-screen display on a television
640×480
or distribution by e-mail. The compression
ratio is approximately 1:8.
Pictures with an aspect ratio of 16:9 can be
3,968×2,232
taken. The compression ratio is
approximately 1:8.
×
compression ratio is approximately 1:8
1,080,
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