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Deciding the still image size and image quality
,
Turn the Mode dial to
, turn
on the power, and then push
the MENU button.
The menu appears.
•
You can also carry out this operation when the
mode dial is set to SCN.
•
(Spot light-metering) is not displayed on
the menu of the DSC-P31 (page 61).
,
Select “ ” (Image size) using
b
/
B
on the control button. Use
v
/
V
to select the desired image
size.
The image size is set.
,
Select “
” (Image quality)
using
b
/
B
on the control
button. Use
v
/
V
to select the
desired image quality.
The image quality is set.
When the setting is completed, press the
MENU button. The menu disappears from
the screen.
•
For image quality, you can choose either
“FINE” or “STANDARD”.
•
The image size and quality values chosen here
will be preserved even when the camera is
turned off.
1
WHITE BAL
AUTO
ISO
Menu button
2
IMAGESIZE
640 x 480
1280 x 960
1600x1200
2048 (3 : 2)
2048x1536
SO
IMAGE SIZE
640 x 480
1280 x 960
1600 (3 : 2)
1600x1200
DSC-P71
DSC-P31
3
PFX
MODE
FINE
P.QUALITY
STANDARD
FINE
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Shoot
ing st
ill
i
m
ages
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 “Memory
Stick.”
Choose an image size and quality level
appropriate for the kind of images you
want to shoot.
You can resize the images later (Resize
function, see page 71).
You can choose image size from among
the six options in the following tables.
Image size Examples
2048×1536
(DSC-P71)
Very fine prints
2048(3:2)
(DSC-P71)
3:2 prints
1)
1600×1200 Printing A4 size images
1600 (3:2)
(DSC-P31)
3:2 prints
1)
1280×960
Printing postcard size images
640×480
For images to be attached to e-mail
The number of images* that can be saved in a “Memory Stick”
The number of images that can be saved in FINE (STANDARD) mode are shown below.
(Units: number of images)
*
When the shooting mode is normal
For the number of images that can be saved in
other modes, see page 91.
Capacity
8MB
16MB
32MB
64MB
128MB
Image size
2048×1536
(DSC-P71)
5 (9)
10 (18)
20 (36)
40 (72)
80 (144)
2048(3:2)
(DSC-P71)
5 (9)
10 (18)
20 (36)
40 (72)
80 (144)
1600×1200
8 (15)
16 (30)
32 (60)
64 (120)
128 (240)
1600 (3:2)
(DSC-P31)
8 (15)
16 (30)
32 (60)
64 (120)
128 (240)
1280×960
12 (22)
24 (44)
50 (93)
100 (186)
200 (372)
640×480
48 (118)
96 (240)
195 (488)
393 (983)
786 (1966)
•
The image size is the screen size used when
viewing the images on a personal computer.
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.
•
The image size value (e.g., 2048×1536) is the
number of pixels displayed.
For information how to shoot images to be
used as attachments to e-mail messages,
see page 65.
1)
This option records images in a horizontal to
vertical proportion of 3:2 to match the size of
the print paper used.
