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Advanced Recording Settings
Procedure
Enter the “REC Mode”
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MENU
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Image Size
This setting can be used to configure snapshot image size.
• The initial factory default image size setting is 12M (12 million pixels).
• Selecting “3:2” records images with an aspect ratio of 3:2, which matches the
standard aspect ratio of print paper.
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Pixels and image size
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.
The size of an image indicates how many
pixels it contains, and is expressed as horizontal pixels
x
vertical pixels.
• 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 130.
• For information about movie image size, see page 131.
• For information about resizing existing snapshots, see page 77.
Changing the Image Size (Image Size)
Image Size
(Pixels)
REC Screen
Icon Display
Suggested Print
Size and
Application
Description
12M
(4000
x
3000)
Poster Print
Good detail for better clarity even
for images cropped from the
original on a computer, etc.
3M
(2048
x
1536)
3.5"×5" Print
Best when preserving memory
capacity is relatively more
important than image quality.
Pixel
