Olympus 225690 Stylus 600 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 24

Tips before you start taking pictures Record mode You can select a record mode in which to take pictures or shoot movies. Select the best record mode for your purpose (printing, editing on a computer, website editing, etc.). For information on the image sizes for each record mode and the number of storable still pictures/movie recording time, see the tables on P. 25 and 26. 2 Still picture record modes Still pictures are recorded in JPEG format. Record mode depicts the image size and compression rate of your pictures. Pictures are made from thousands of dots (pixels). If a picture with relatively few pixels is enlarged, it looks like a mosaic. Pictures with more pixels are denser and clearer but require more space (larger file size), thus decreasing the number of pictures that can be saved. Though a high compression rate results in a small file size, this also produces a grainy look. Picture with high number of pixels Picture with low number of pixels Record mode Image size Compression Application SHQ HQ 2816 × 2112 2816 × 2112 Low compression Standard compression The number of storable still pictures is lower, and recording pictures takes longer, but it is useful for creating beautiful prints on full-size paper and for performing computer image processing, such as contrast adjustment and red-eye correction. SQ1 2560 × 1920 2272 × 1704 2048 × 1536 Standard compression This is useful for post-card sized prints, or for computer editing such as rotating or adding text to a picture. 1600 × 1200 SQ2 1280 × 960 1024 × 768 640 × 480 Standard compression Low compression Standard image quality with a high number of pictures to shoot. This is useful for viewing pictures on a computer. Standard image quality. This is useful for sending as e-mail attachments. 24