Taking a Picture
11
Checking Resolution and Quality Levels
The resolution setting determines the size of the picture in pixels.
Your camera has two resolution settings:
Megapixel
(1152 x 864
pixels) and
VGA
(640 x 480 pixels).
The quality setting controls how much your pictures will be
compressed on the memory card. Your camera has three quality
settings:
Best
,
High
, and
Medium
.
The current resolution and quality settings of your camera are
displayed as a combined symbol on the Status LCD.
Symbol
Resolution Level
Quality Level
Approximate Picture Count
(4MB card)
1152 x 864 Megapixel resolution
Best
Stores up to 7 images.
1152 x 864 Megapixel resolution
High
Stores up to 14 images.
1152 x 864 Megapixel resolution
Medium
Stores up to 23 images.
640 x 480 VGA resolution
Best
Stores up to 21 images.
640 x 480 VGA resolution
High
Stores up to 43 images.
640 x 480 VGA resolution
Medium
Stores up to 69 images.
Key:
Two rows of dots (
n
) represent megapixel resolution, whereas one row is VGA resolution.
Three columns of dots represent Best, two represent High, and one represents Medium quality.
To change the resolution or quality level:
See
Setting the Resolution Level
and
Setting the Quality Level
on page 22.
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In general, pictures taken at the higher resolution and quality settings capture more detail
and look sharper, but also take up more space on your memory card. To maximize the
number of pictures that can be stored, choose a lower setting. To maximize image detail,
choose a higher setting.
A resolution setting of 1152 x 864 (Megapixel) and a quality setting of High is usually
sufficient for most purposes.
