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Shooting still images
Image size and quality
You can choose image size (number of
pixels) and image quality (compression
ratio) based on the kind of images you want
to shoot. The larger you make the image
size and the higher you make the image
quality, the better your image, but also the
larger the amount of data needed to preserve
your image. This means you can save fewer
images in your disc.
Choose an image size and quality level
appropriately for the kind of images you
want to shoot.
You can resize the images later (Resize
function, see page 67).
You can choose image size from among the
five options in the following tables. The
below image size is a minimum setting for
examples. When you want to improve
image quality, select the larger image size.
1)
This option records images in a horizontal to
vertical proportion of 3:2 to match the size of
the print paper used.
The number of images that can
be saved in a supplied CD-R
2)
(Units: images)
2)
When [REC Mode] is set to [Normal]
For the number of images that can be saved in
other modes, see page 99.
3)
For more information about the image quality
mode, see page 41.
• The “3.2 MEGA PIXELS” indicated on the
camera shows the number of effective pixels.
The number of actually recorded pixels is
maximum 3.1 MEGA pixels.
• When images recorded using earlier Sony
models are played back on this camera, the
display may differ from the actual image size.
• When the images are viewed on the LCD
screen of the camera, they all look the same
size.
• Number of shooting images can differ from
these values according to shooting conditions.
• When the number of remaining shooting
images is greater than 9999, the >9999
indicator appears on the LCD screen.
Image size Examples
3.1M
2048×1536
Printing A4 size images
2.8M(3:2)
2048 (3:2)
3:2 prints
1)
2.0M
1632×1224
Printing A5 size images
1.2M
1280×960
Printing postcard size
images
VGA
640×480
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Quality
3)
Fine Standard
Image size
3.1M 81 145
2.8M(3:2) 81 145
2.0M 131 234
1.2M 194 345
VGA 655 1285