Operating Instructions

Detailed guide / Record mode / 148
7. Press the
MENU button again to confirm and
save your setting and to exit the menu system.
The displays in the monitor described above
disappear, with the previous monitor screen
appearing instead.
8. Turn on the flash unit.
A display appears in the monitor to indicate
that the flash unit is attached, either with an
additional
M (0 3.30.ba, for MANUAL) or
without (
9 3.30.bb, for PRESET).
9. Pictures are taken as described in the section
“Taking pictures in
AUTO mode” (see p. 127).
Setting the resolution
The picture data can be recorded at four different
pixel settings, i.e. resolutions. This allows you to
adjust it precisely to the intended use or to the
available memory card capacity.
At the highest resolution (which also means the
largest data volume), which you should select for
optimum quality for larger prints, it is of course
possible to save considerably fewer pictures to
a card than at the lowest resolution, which is
perfectly adequate for sending a picture by e-mail
or for a website.
Available resolutions
Setting to:
2240 corresponds to 2240 x 1680 pixels
1600 corresponds to 1600 x 1200 pixels
1120 corresponds to 1120 x 840 pixels
640 corresponds to 640x 480 pixels
Note:
For video recordings (
K), the resolution is fixed
at 320 x 240 pixels at 10 B/s.
Setting the function:
1. Set the record/review selector (1.14) to one of
the record modes and the exposure mode dial
(1.15) to the desired function.
2. Press the
MENU button (1.27).
3. Select the c PICT. SIZE function in the menu
by pressing (5x) down on the direction pad
(1.29).
4. Select the desired resolution by pressing left or
right on the direction pad.
The option currently set is marked in yellow.
5. Press the
MENU button again to save your
setting and to exit the menu system.
The original monitor screen appears again, as
do the corresponding symbols (2.12/3.7) and
the resulting number of pictures remaining or
recording time in the data field (1.18) and the
monitor.
Setting the compression rate
Picture data can be recorded at three different
compression rates (data reduction process). This
allows you to adjust it precisely to the intended
use or to the available memory card capacity.
Uncompressed data, which contains the most
information about the picture and which you
should select for further processing with image
processing programs, of course allows you to save
considerably fewer pictures per memory card than
the highest compression, with reduced picture
information, which is perfectly adequate for
sending a picture by e-mail or for a website.