Quality - On "Image Quality" And "Image Size - Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W80 Instruction Manual

On "image quality" and Himage size"
age is made up of a collection of small dots called pixels.
If it cains a large number of pixels, the picture becomes large, it takes up more memory,
and the image is displayed in fine detail. "Image size" is shown by the number of pixels.
Although you cannot see the differences on the screen of the camera, the fine detail and data
processing time differ when the image is printed or displayed on a computer screen.
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Description of the pixels and the image size
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Image size: 8M (DSC-W90 only)
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3264 pixels x 2448 pixels
=
7,990,272 pixels
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Image size: 7M (DSC-W801W85 only)
3072 pixels x 2304 pixels
=
7,077,888 pixels
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Image size: VGA
640 pixels x 480 pixels
=
307,200 pixels
Selecting the image size for use (page 11)
Many pixels
(Fine
image quality and
large file size)
Few pixels
(Rough
image quality but
small file size)
Example: Printing in
up to A3 size
Example: An attached
image to be sent by e-
mail
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