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Selecting the image quality and size (Record mode

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Selecting the image quality and size (Record mode) Choose the best record mode for your purposes (printing, editing on a computer, website editing, etc.). Still picture record modes Record mode Description Resolution (No. of pixels) • Use this mode when you 1600 × 1208 want to print out an image pixels* SHQ (Super High Quality) with high quality or on large paper such as A4 (8.3" × 11.7"/21 cm × 29.7 cm), or you want to process images on a PC. • The image quality is higher, but the number of storable images is fewer. It takes longer to store the images. • Use this mode when you 1600 × 1200 want to edit images on a pixels* HQ PC or print them out on (High Quality) postcard size paper. • This mode is the factory default setting. SQ (Standard Quality) • Use this mode when you 1024× 768 want to attach images to pixels* in SQ1 e-mail or simply view them mode on a PC. • This is the standard quality 640 × 480 pixels* in SQ2 mode mode, and the number of storable images is increased. Quality Clearer Normal File size Larger Smaller Advanced shooting 46

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Advanced shooting
Selecting the image quality and size (Record mode)
Choose the best record mode for your purposes (printing, editing on a
computer, website editing, etc.).
Still picture record modes
Record mode
Description
Resolution
(No. of pixels)
Quality
File size
SHQ
(Super High
Quality)
•Use this mode when you
want to print out an image
with high quality or on
large paper such as A4
(8.3"
×
11.7"/21 cm
×
29.7
cm), or you want to
process images on a PC.
•The image quality is
higher, but the number of
storable images is fewer. It
takes longer to store the
images.
1600
×
1208
pixels*
Clearer
Larger
HQ
(High Quality)
•Use this mode when you
want to edit images on a
PC or print them out on
postcard size paper.
•This mode is the factory
default setting.
1600
×
1200
pixels*
SQ
(Standard
Quality)
•Use this mode when you
want to attach images to
e-mail or simply view them
on a PC.
•This is the standard quality
mode, and the number of
storable images is
increased.
1024
×
768
pixels* in SQ1
mode
640
×
480
pixels* in SQ2
mode
Normal
Smaller