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Advanced Recording Settings
. Pixels
A digital camera image is a collection of small
dots called “pixels”. The more pixels there are
in an image, the more detail there will be.
However, you generally can do with fewer
pixels when printing an image (L size)
through a print service, attaching an image to
e-mail, when viewing the image on a
computer, etc.
. About image sizes
The size of an image indicates how many pixels it contains, and is expressed as
horizontal pixels
x
vertical pixels.
Image Size Selection Tips
Note that larger images have more pixels, so they take up more memory space.
• For information about image size and number of images that can be stored, see
page 113.
• For information about movie image size, see page 37.
• For information about resizing existing snapshots, see page 60.
14M (4320
x
3240) size image =
Approximately 14 million pixels
* Unit: pixels
VGA (640
x
480) size image =
Approximately 300,000 pixels
Large Number
of Pixels
More detail, but takes up more memory. Best
when you plan to print large-size prints (such
as A3 size).
Small Number
of Pixels
Less detail, but takes up less memory. Best
when you want to send images by e-mail, etc.
Pixel
4320*
3240*
640*
480*