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The Shooting Menu
Image Mode
The size of the files, and with it the number of im-
ages that can be recorded on the memory or the
memory card, depends on the size and quality of
the images. Before shooting, choose an image
quality and size according to how you plan to use
the picture.
Image Quality
Images are compressed according to the image quality setting for storing.
Select from the following three options and press .
Image Quality and Compression
The process of reducing the file size of a picture when storing it is called compression.
In this camera, pictures are compressed and recorded as JPEG files.
• The more a picture is compressed, the smaller the picture size becomes and the larger the num-
ber of pictures that can be stored in memory or on a memory card. However, the quality of the
image is degraded and the reproducibility of the image’s fine areas is reduced.
• The less a picture is compressed, the larger the picture size becomes and the smaller the number
of pictures that can be stored in memory or on a memory card. However, it maintains the pre-
sentation of the image’s fine areas and increases the image quality.
Image Quality Setting
Image quality can be also selected in the Assist modes ( 30) or Scene modes
(36).
Press Button in (Auto shooting) mode to se-
lect Image mode ( 81), and then press .
Option Format Description
Compression
FINE
JPEG
Fine image quality, suitable for enlarge-
ments or high quality prints. File size
reduced to roughly 1/4 of its original size.
NORMAL
(default set-
ting)
Normal image quality, suited to most
applications. File size reduced to roughly
1/8 of its original size.
BASIC
Basic image quality, suitable for pictures
that will be distributed by e-mail or used
in web pages. File size reduced to
roughly 1/16 of its original size.