Sony DSC F828 Operating Instructions - Page 25

Image size and quality, The number of images that can be saved in a Memory Stick

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Image size and quality Shooting still images You can choose image size (number of pixels) and image quality (compression ratio) based on the kind of images you want to shoot. The larger you make the image size and the higher you make the image quality, the better your image, but also the larger the amount of data needed to preserve your image. This means you can save fewer images in your recording medium. Choose an image size and quality level appropriately for the kind of images you want to shoot. Image size Examples 8M 1) (3264×2448) Larger • For storing important images or printing A3 size or fine A4 size 3:2 2) (3264×2176) images. 5M (2592×1944) • For printing A4 size or fine A5 size images. 3M (2048×1536) 1M (1280×960) • For printing postcard size images. VGA (640×480) • For shooting a lot of images, attaching images to e-mail, or Smaller posting images to your home page. 1) The default setting is [8M]. This size can give the highest image quality using this camera. 2) This option records images in a horizontal to vertical proportion of 3:2 to match the size of the print paper used. The number of images that can be saved in a "Memory Stick"3) The number of images that can be saved in Fine (Standard)4) mode are shown below. (Units: number of images) Capacity Image size 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB MSX-256 MSX-512 MSX-1G 8M 4 (7) 8 (15) 16 (30) 32 (60) 59 (109) 121 (223) 247 (456) 3:2 4 (7) 8 (15) 16 (30) 32 (60) 59 (109) 121 (223) 247 (456) 5M 6 (11) 12 (23) 25 (48) 51 (96) 92 (174) 188 (354) 384 (723) 3M 10 (18) 20 (37) 41 (74) 82 (149) 148 (264) 302 (537) 617 (1097) 1M 24 (46) 50 (93) 101 (187) 202 (376) 357 (649) 726 (1320) 1482 (2694) VGA 97 (243) 196 (491) 394 (985) 790 (1975) 1428 (3571) 2904 (7261) 5928 (14821) 3) When [Mode] (REC Mode) is set to [Normal] For the number of images that can be saved in other modes, see pages 134, 135. 4) For more information about the image quality (compression ratio) mode, see page 49. 25

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Shooting still images
Image size and quality
You can choose image size (number of
pixels) and image quality (compression
ratio) based on the kind of images you want
to shoot. The larger you make the image
size and the higher you make the image
quality, the better your image, but also the
larger the amount of data needed to preserve
your image. This means you can save fewer
images in your recording medium.
Choose an image size and quality level
appropriately for the kind of images you
want to shoot.
1)
The default setting is [8M]. This size can give the highest image quality using this camera.
2)
This option records images in a horizontal to vertical proportion of 3:2 to match the size of the print
paper used.
The number of images that can be saved in a “Memory Stick”
3)
The number of images that can be saved in Fine (Standard)
4)
mode are shown below. (Units:
number of images)
3)
When [Mode] (REC Mode) is set to [Normal]
For the number of images that can be saved in other modes, see pages 134, 135.
4)
For more information about the image quality (compression ratio) mode, see page 49.
Image size
Examples
8M
1)
(3264×2448)
For storing important images or printing A3 size or fine A4 size
images.
3:2
2)
(3264×2176)
5M (2592×1944)
For printing A4 size or fine A5 size images.
3M (2048×1536)
1M (1280×960)
For printing postcard size images.
VGA (640×480)
For shooting a lot of images, attaching images to e-mail, or
posting images to your home page.
Capacity
16MB
32MB
64MB
128MB
MSX-256
MSX-512
MSX-1G
Image
size
8M
4 (7)
8 (15)
16 (30)
32 (60)
59 (109)
121 (223)
247 (456)
3:2
4 (7)
8 (15)
16 (30)
32 (60)
59 (109)
121 (223)
247 (456)
5M
6 (11)
12 (23)
25 (48)
51 (96)
92 (174)
188 (354)
384 (723)
3M
10 (18)
20 (37)
41 (74)
82 (149)
148 (264)
302 (537)
617 (1097)
1M
24 (46)
50 (93)
101 (187)
202 (376)
357 (649)
726 (1320)
1482 (2694)
VGA
97 (243)
196 (491)
394 (985)
790 (1975)
1428 (3571)
2904 (7261)
5928
(14821)
Larger
Smaller