Advanced (Recording pictures)61VQT1B86Press [ ] to display the [REC] modemenu and select the item to set. (P57)A digital picture is made of numerous dotscalled pixels. Although you cannot see thedifference on the camera’s screen, themore pixels the finer the picture will bewhen it is printed on a large piece of paperor displayed on a PC monitor. Picturequality refers to the compression rate whensaving digital pictures.A Many pixels (Fine)B Few pixels (Rough)¢ These pictures are examples to show theeffect.∫ Number of pixelsYou can print pictures more clearly when alarge picture size [ ] (7M) is selected.When a smaller picture size [ ](0.3M EZ) is selected, you can record morepictures and attach them to an e-mail orpost them on a website because their filesize is small.∫ When the aspect ratio is [ ].∫ When the aspect ratio is [ ].∫ When the aspect ratio is [ ].∫ Quality• The number of pixels that can be selecteddiffers depending on the aspect ratio. Ifyou change the aspect ratio, set thepicture size.• “EZ” is an abbreviation of“Extended optical Zoom”. (P26)• The extended optical zoom does not workin [HIGH SENS.] in scene mode so thepicture size for [EZ] is not displayed.• Pictures may appear mosaic dependingon the subject and the recordingconditions.• Refer to P104 for information about thenumber of recordable pictures.• The number of recordable picturesdepends on the subject.• The number of recordable picturesdisplayed on the screen may notcorrespond with recorded pictures.• In simple mode [ ], the settings becomeas follows.– [ ENLARGE]:: (7M)/– [ 4qk6q/10k15cm]:: (2.5M EZ)/– [ E-MAIL]:: (0.3M EZ)/[PICT.SIZE]/[QUALITY]Setting a picture size and qualitythat match your use of the pictures(7M) 3072k2304 pixels(5M EZ) 2560k1920 pixels(3M EZ) 2048k1536 pixels(2M EZ) 1600k1200 pixels(1M EZ) 1280k960 pixels(0.3M EZ) 640k480 pixels/SETMENU(6M) 3072k2048 pixels(2.5M EZ) 2048k1360 pixels(5.5M) 3072k1728 pixels(2M EZ) 1920k1080 pixelsFine (Low compression):This gives priority to picture quality.Picture quality will be high.Standard (High compression):This gives priority to the number ofrecordable pictures. Standardquality pictures are recorded.