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Advanced Features —
Photography
Changing the quality setting
([
QUALITY])
Use this menu to specify the image size (number of
recorded pixels).
Select the quality setting for the scene being shot.
Z
Quality settings in Shooting mode
Area shot and quality setting
Normal shooting provides an aspect ratio of 4:3 and
%
shooting provides an aspect ratio of 3:2 (same aspect ratio as
35 mm film and post card).
MEMO
• The bigger the number of recorded pixels, the better the
image quality becomes. As the number of recorded
pixels becomes smaller, you will be able to record more
frames to a Memory Card.
• The quality setting is retained even when the camera is
turned off or the mode setting is changed.
• When changing the quality setting, the number of
available frames also changes (
➝
p.154). The numbers
to the right of setting show the number of available
frames.
• The quality setting is fixed to
`
when Shooting mode
is set to
(
➝
p.54).
• [
ISO] is limited to 1600 when [
QUALITY] is set to
or
%
. The [
ISO] setting automatically changes
and is displayed in yellow in the LCD screen. When
[
QUALITY] is set to other than
or
%
, the
restriction is cleared.
Quality mode
Sample uses
F (3648 × 2736)
N (3648 × 2736)
Printing at up to 10R (25.4 × 30.5 cm/
10 × 12 in.) / A3 size
%
(3648 × 2432)
[
(2592 × 1944)
Printing at up to 10R (25.4 × 30.5 cm/
10 × 12 in.) / A4 size
3
(2048 × 1536)
Printing at up to 6R (15.2 × 20.3 cm/
6 × 8 in.) / A5 size
2
(1600 × 1200)
Printing at up to 4R (10.2 × 15.2 cm/
4 × 6 in.) / A6 size
`
(640 × 480)
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AUTO
Area shot excluding
%
Area shot with
%
Setting the menu (
➝
p.73)
