User Guide

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• You also can change the image size setting using the
menu that appears when you press [MENU] (pages 49,
215).
• The following information changes on the display during
the image size selection operation.
– Image size in megabytes (M) (3M, etc.)
– Image size in pixels (2048 × 1536, etc.)
– Optimum print paper size
• Selecting 3:2 (2816 × 1872 pixels) records images with an
aspect ratio of 3:2, which matches the standard aspect ratio
(3:2) of print paper.
• The letters “HDTV” stand for “High Definition Television”. An
HDTV screen has an aspect ratio of 16:9, which makes them
wider than the usual 4:3 aspect ratio of television screens of
the past. Your camera can record images that are compatible
with the aspect ratio of an HDTV screen.
• VGA (640 × 480 pixels) is the optimum size when attaching
images to e-mail.
• Print paper sizes should be thought of as rough estimates
only (200 dpi print resolution).
Image Size (Pixels) Print Paper Size
Larger
Smaller
6M 2816 × 2112 A3 Print
3:2 2816 × 1872 A3 Print
16:9 2816 × 1584 HDTV
4M 2304 × 1728 A4 Print
3M 2048 × 1536 A4 Print
2M 1600 × 1200 3.5" × 5" Print
VGA 640 × 480 E-Mail