Olympus IR 300 IR-300 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 2 recording time, see the table on P. 25. Still picture record modes Record mode depicts the image size of 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. Picture with high number of pixels Picture with low number of pixels Record mode Image size Application BSUPER HIGH 5M eHIGH 3M 2560 × 1920 2048 × 1536 The number of storable still pictures is lower, and it takes longer to record pictures, but it is useful for creating beautiful prints on full-size paper and performing image processing, such as contrast adjustment and red-eye correction, on a computer. fHIGH 2M 1600 × 1200 Use this setting to create postcard-size prints. This is also useful for adding text to a picture, rotating a picture, or performing other editing with a computer. LBASIC 1M 1024 × 768 The record mode is normal for a smaller image size but a greater number of storable still pictures. This is useful for viewing pictures on a computer. 640 × 480 EE-MAIL VGA The record mode is normal for a smaller image size that is convenient for attaching to e-mail. 24