Canon PowerShot SD870 IS PowerShot SD870 IS DIGITAL ELPH / DIGITAL IXUS 860 IS - Page 77

Commonly Used Shooting Functions 75 Changing the Recording Pixels/ Compression (Still Images) See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 238). 1 Select a resolution setting. 1. Press the button. 2. Use the or and the or the option. button to select button to change 3. Press the button. Approximate Values for Recording Pixels Recording Pixels Purpose* (Large) 8M 3264 x 2448 pixels High Printing to about A3-size 297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in.) (Medium 1) 5M 2592 x 1944 pixels 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.) (Medium 2) 3M 2048 x 1536 pixels Printing to about A5-size 148 x 210 mm (6 x 8.3 in.) (Medium 3) 2M 1600 x 1200 pixels 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.) (Small) 0.3M 640 x 480 pixels Send images as e-mail Low attachments or shoot more images or (Postcard) 1600 x 1200 pixels When printing to postcards. (Widescreen) Printing on wide size paper (you can check the composition at a 16:9 3264 x 1832 pixels aspect 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.