Canon 2092B001 PowerShot A720 IS Camera User Guide - Page 60

58 Commonly Used Shooting Functions Approximate Values for Recording Pixels Recording Pixels (Large) 8M 3264 x 2448 pixels (Medium 1) 5M 2592 x 1944 pixels (Medium 2) 3M 2048 x 1536 pixels (Medium 3) 2M 1600 x 1200 pixels (Small) 0.3M 640 x 480 pixels Purpose* High Printing to about A3-size 297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in.) Printing to about A4-size 210 x 297 mm (8.3 x 11.7 in.) Printing to about Letter-size 216 x 279 mm (8.5 x 11 in.) Printing to about A5-size 148 x 210 mm (6 x 8.3 in.) Print postcard-size prints 148 x 100 mm (6 x 4 in.) Print L-size prints 119 x 89 mm (4.7 x 3.5 in.) Send images as e-mail Low attachments or shoot more images or (Postcard) 1600 x 1200 pixels When printing to postcards (p. 70). Printing on wide size paper (you can check the composition at a 16:9 aspect (Widescreen) 3264 x 1832 pixels ratio. Areas that will not be recorded appear on the LCD monitor as a black border.) • : Approximate number of recording pixels. (M is short for megapixels.) * Paper sizes vary according to region. Approximate Values for Compression Settings Compression Purpose Superfine High Quality Shoot higher quality images Fine Shoot normal quality images Normal Normal Shoot more images z See Image Data Sizes (Estimated) (p. 192). z See Memory Cards and Estimated Capacities (p. 190).