Sony cyber-shot dsc-v1 User Manual
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Image size and quality
You can choose image size (number of
pixels) and image quality (compression
ratio) based on the kind of images you want
to shoot. The larger you make the image
size and the higher you make the image
quality, the better your image, but also the
larger the amount of data needed to preserve
your image. This means you can save fewer
images in your “Memory Stick.”
Choose an image size and quality level
appropriately for the kind of images you
want to shoot (pages 18 and 41).
You can resize the images later (Resize
function, see page 76).
You can choose image size from among the
five options in the following tables. The
below image size is a minimum setting for
examples. When you want to improve
image quality, select the larger image size.
pixels) and image quality (compression
ratio) based on the kind of images you want
to shoot. The larger you make the image
size and the higher you make the image
quality, the better your image, but also the
larger the amount of data needed to preserve
your image. This means you can save fewer
images in your “Memory Stick.”
Choose an image size and quality level
appropriately for the kind of images you
want to shoot (pages 18 and 41).
You can resize the images later (Resize
function, see page 76).
You can choose image size from among the
five options in the following tables. The
below image size is a minimum setting for
examples. When you want to improve
image quality, select the larger image size.
1)
This option records images in a horizontal to
vertical proportion of 3:2 to match the size of
the print paper used.
vertical proportion of 3:2 to match the size of
the print paper used.
Image size
Examples
5.0M
2592×1944 Very fine prints
4.5M(3:2) 2592 (3:2) 3:2 prints
1)
3.1M
2048×1536 Printing A4 size images
1.2M
1280×960
Printing postcard size
images
images
VGA
640×480
Creating home pages
The number of images that can be saved in a “Memory Stick”
2)
The number of images that can be saved in Fine (Standard)
3)
mode are shown below.
(Units: number of images)
2)
When [REC Mode] is set to [Normal]
For the number of images that can be saved in
other modes, see page 109.
For the number of images that can be saved in
other modes, see page 109.
3)
For more information about the image quality
mode, see page 41.
mode, see page 41.
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When images recorded using earlier Sony
models are played back on this camera, the
display may differ from the actual image size.
models are played back on this camera, the
display may differ from the actual image size.
•
When the images are viewed on the LCD
screen of the camera, they all look the same
size.
screen of the camera, they all look the same
size.
•
Number of shooting images can differ from
these values according to shooting conditions.
these values according to shooting conditions.
•
When the number of remaining shooting
images is greater than 9999, the “>9999”
indicator appears on the LCD screen.
images is greater than 9999, the “>9999”
indicator appears on the LCD screen.
Capacity
16MB
32MB
64MB
128MB
MSX-256 MSX-512
MSX-1G
Image
size
size
5.0M
6 (11)
12 (23)
25 (48)
51 (96)
92 (174)
188 (354)
384 (723)
4.5M(3:2)
6 (11)
12 (23)
25 (48)
51 (96)
92 (174)
188 (354)
384 (723)
3.1M
10 (18)
20 (37)
41 (74)
82 (149)
148 (264)
302 (537) 617 (1097)
1.2M
24
(46)
50
(93)
101
(187)
202
(376)
357
(649)
726
(1320)
1482
(2694)
VGA
97
(243)
196
(491)
394
(985)
790
(1975)
1428
(3571)
2904
(7261)
5928
(14821)