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Approximate Values for Recording Pixels
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Approximate number of recording pixels. (M is short for megapixels.)
* Paper sizes vary according to region.
Approximate Values for Compression Settings
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
Low
Send images as e-mail
attachments or shoot more
images
or
(Postcard)
1600 x 1200 pixels When printing to postcards (p. 70).
(Widescreen)
3264 x 1832 pixels
Printing on wide size paper (you can
check the composition at a 16:9 aspect
ratio. Areas that will not be recorded
appear on the LCD monitor as a black
border.)
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).
