Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi User Manual - Page 60

Setting the Image-Recording Quality

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3 Setting the Image-Recording Quality Set the recording quality to suit the intended image size for printing, etc. Note that the recording quality will also affect the number of shots the CF card can record. Select the recording quality while thinking about the capacity of the CF card to be used. Also see "Guide to Imagerecording Quality Settings" below and "FAQ" on the next page. Select the image-recording quality. Under the [z] tab, select [Quality] and press . Set it to the desired recording quality such as [73], then press . X [Quality] will be displayed. The figures (**** x ****) displayed on the upper right is the actual pixel count (horizontal x vertical) for the respective quality setting. Guide to Image-recording Quality Settings Quality 73 High 83 quality 74 Medium 84 quality 76 Low 86 quality 1 High 1+73 quality Pixels Approx. 10.1 million Approx. 5.3 million Approx. 2.5 million Approx. 10.1 million Possible Shots 128 248 215 409 374 708 48 26 Paper size A3 (42x29.7cm/16.5x11.7in.) 73 A4 (29.7x21cm/ 83 11.7x8.3in.) 1 74 1+73 76 84 86 17.8x12.7cm/7.0x5.0in. 14.8x10cm/5.8x3.9in. * Applies to a 512MB CF card. * Except for the 1 mode, the JPEG is used to record the image in all the recording-quality modes. 60

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Set the recording quality to suit the intended image size for printing, etc.
Note that the recording quality will also affect the number of shots the
CF card can record. Select the recording quality while thinking about
the capacity of the CF card to be used. Also see “Guide to Image-
recording Quality Settings” below and “FAQ” on the next page.
Select the image-recording
quality.
Under the [
z
] tab, select [
Quality
]
and press <
0
>. Set it to the desired
recording quality such as [
73
], then
press <
0
>.
[
Quality
] will be displayed.
The figures (**** x ****) displayed on
the upper right is the actual pixel
count (horizontal x vertical) for the
respective quality setting.
* Applies to a 512MB CF card.
* Except for the
1
mode, the JPEG is used to record the image in all the
recording-quality modes.
3
Setting the Image-Recording Quality
Guide to Image-recording Quality Settings
Quality
Pixels
Possible
Shots
73
High
quality
Approx. 10.1
million
128
83
248
74
Medium
quality
Approx. 5.3
million
215
84
409
76
Low
quality
Approx. 2.5
million
374
86
708
1
High
quality
Approx. 10.1
million
48
1
+
73
26
76
86
Paper size
A3 (42x29.7cm/16.5x11.7in.)
73
83
1
1
+
73
A4 (29.7x21cm/
11.7x8.3in.)
74
84
17.8x12.7cm/7.0x5.0in.
14.8x10cm/5.8x3.9in.