Changing the Compression Ratio (Image Quality)
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Approximate Values for Recording Pixels and Compression
Ratio (for 4:3 Aspect Ratios)
• The values in the table are measured according to Canon standards and may change
depending on the subject, memory card and camera settings.
• The values in the table are based on 4:3 aspect ratio. If the aspect ratio is changed
(p. 90), more images can be shot because the data size per image will be smaller than
with 4:3 images. However, since 16:9 images have a setting of 1920 x 1080 pixels,
their data size will be larger than 4:3 images.
Approximate Values for Paper Size (for 4:3 Aspect Ratios)
For sending images as e-mail
attachments.
Recording Pixels
Compression
Ratio
Single Image Data
Size (Approx. KB)
Number of Shots per
Memory Card
(Approx. shots)
4 GB 16 GB
(Large)
12M/4000x3000
3084 1231 5042
1474 2514 10295
(Medium 1)
6M/2816x2112
1620 2320 9503
780 4641 19007
(Medium 2)
2M/1600x1200
558 6352 26010
278 12069 49420
(Small)
0.3M/640x480
150 20116 82367
84 30174 123550
A2 (16.5 x 23.4 in.)
A3 – A5 (11.7 x
16.5 – 5.8 x 8.3 in.)
5 x 7 in.
Postcard size
3.5 x 5 in.