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Record mode
You can select a record mode in which to take pictures or shoot movies.
Select the best record mode for your purpose (printing, editing on a
computer, website editing, etc.). For information on the image sizes for
each record mode and the memory capacity of the card, see the table on
Record mode depicts the image size and compression rate of pictures you wish to
record.
Pictures are made from thousands of dots (pixels). If a picture with relatively few
pixels is enlarged, it looks like a mosaic. A picture with many pixels is denser and
clearer, but requires a larger file size (data size), decreasing the number of pictures
that can be saved on a card. Increasing the compression rate reduces the file size,
but makes the pictures appear grainy.
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Normal image modes
Still picture record modes
Image becomes clearer
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Application
Compression
Image size
Uncom-
pressed
Low com-
pression
High com-
pression
Select according
to print size
3072 × 2304
TIFF
SHQ
HQ
2592 × 1944
SQ1
HIGH
SQ1
NORMAL
2288 × 1712
2048 × 1536
1600 × 1200
1280 × 960
SQ2
HIGH
SQ2
NORMAL
1024 × 768
For small-sized
prints and
websites
640 × 480
Picture with high number of pixels
Picture with low number of pixels
