Sony Handycam DCR-PC9 Operating Instructions Manual page 118

Using a "Memory Stick" - introduction
Note
In some cases, changing the image quality mode, may not affect the image quality,
depending on the types of images you are shooting.
Differences in image quality mode
Recorded images are compressed in JPEG format before being stored in memory. The
memory capacity allotted to each image varies depending on the selected image quality
mode. Details are shown in the table below. (The image size is 640 x 480, regardless of
image quality mode. The data size before compression is about 600 KB.)
Image quality mode Memory capacity
FINE (FINE) About 100 KB
STANDARD (STD) About 60 KB
Image quality mode indicator
The image quality mode indicator is not displayed during playback.
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