Sony DSC H1 Operating Instructions - Page 13

Enjoying the camera 1944 480 Quality On "image quality" and "image size" A digital image is made up of a collection of small dots called pixels. If it contains a large number of pixels, the picture becomes large, it takes up more memory, and the image is displayed in fine detail. "Image size" is shown by the number of pixels. Although you cannot see the differences on the screen of the camera, the fine detail and data processing time differ when the image is printed or displayed on a computer screen. Description of the pixels and the image size 1 Image size: 5M 2592 2592 pixels×1944 pixels = 5,038,848 pixels 2 Image size: VGA(E-Mail) 640 640 pixels×480 pixels = 307,200 pixels Pixels Selecting the image size for use (t step 4 in "Read This First") Pixel Many (Fine image quality and large file size) Example: Printing in up to A4 size Few (Rough image quality but small file size) Example: An attached image to be sent by e-mail The default settings are marked with Image size 5M (2592×1944) Larger 3:2 (2592×1728)* 3M (2048×1536) 1M (1280×960) VGA(E-Mail) (640×480) Smaller . Usage guidelines For printing high density images in A4 or A5 size For printing in postcard size For recording a large number of images For attaching images to e-mail or creating web pages * Images are recorded in the same 3:2 aspect ratio as photograph printing paper or postcards, etc. Selecting the image quality (compression ratio) in combination (page 40) You can select the compression ratio when digital images are saved. When you select a high compression ratio, the image lacks the fineness of detail, but has a smaller file size. 13