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Shooting
Approximate Values for Recording Pixels
Approximate Values for Compression Settings
Recording Pixels
Purpose
Display Pixels
L (Large)
2816
×
2112 pixels
Large
Small
Printing to about A3 size prints
*
297
×
420 mm (11.7
×
16.5 in.)
M1 (Medium 1)
2272
×
1704 pixels
Printing to about A4 size prints
*
210
×
297 mm (8.3
×
11.7 in.)
M2 (Medium 2)
1600
×
1200 pixels
Print postcard-size prints
148
×
100 mm (6
×
4 in.)
Print L-size prints
119
×
89 mm (4.7
×
3.5 in.)
S (Small)
640
×
480 pixels
Send images as e-mail attachments
or shoot more images
Widescreen
2816
×
1584 pixels
Print wide size prints (Images are
recorded with 16:9 aspect ratios.
Areas not recorded will not display
as black bars on the LCD monitor.)
Compression Purpose
Superfine
High
Quality
Normal
Shoot higher quality images
Fine Shoot normal quality images
Normal Shoot more images
zSee Image Data Sizes (Estimated) (p. 152)
zSee Memory Cards and Estimated Capacities (p. 151)