Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX9, User Manual

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Cyber-shot User Guide
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using 3D Functions
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Using MENU items (Shooting) > MENU items (Shooting) > Still Image
Size/Panorama Image Size
Still Image Size/Panorama Image Size
Image size when shooting still images
3D Still Image Size
Image size in Easy Mode
Image size when shooting Sweep Panorama
The image size determines the size of the image file that is recorded when you take an image.
The larger the image size, the more detail will be reproduced when the image is printed on large-
format paper. The smaller the image size, the more images can be recorded.
On “image quality” and “image size”
A digital image is made up of a collection of small dots called pixels. If it contains a large
number of pixels
(A) , the image becomes large, it takes up more memory, and the image is
displayed in fine detail. “Image size” is shown by the number of pixels. Although you cannot see
the differences on the screen of the camera, the fine detail and data processing time differ
when the image is printed or displayed on a computer screen.
Image size: 16M
4608 pixels × 3456 pixels = 15,925,248 pixels
Image size: VGA
640 pixels × 480 pixels = 307,200 pixels
Many pixels (Fine image quality and large file size)
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