Panasonic DMC-LS85 Operating Guide

VQT1X17

g

Set the number of pixels and aspect ratio of the pictures. Select a higher number of pixels for 

clearer pictures. Select a lower number of pixels to store more pictures.

Applicable modes: 4 1 5 

4:3 [8M]

3264 × 2448 pixels

4:3 [5M P]

2560 × 1920 pixels

4:3 [3M P]

2048 × 1536 pixels

3:2 [7M]

3264 × 2176 pixels

3:2 [2.5M P]

2048 × 1360 pixels

16:9 [6M]

3264 × 1840 pixels

16:9 [2M P]

1920 × 1080 pixels

 

Cannot be set in Intelligent Auto Mode [4]

[+]: aspect ratio of a 4:3 TV or PC

[*]: aspect ratio of a 35 mm fi lm camera

[}]: aspect ratio of a high-defi nition TV, etc.

A

B

•  A digital picture is made of numerous dots called pixels. The 

higher the numbers of pixels, the fi ner the picture will be 

when it is printed on a large piece of paper or displayed on a 

PC monitor.
A

 Many pixels (Fine)

B

 Few pixels (Rough)

 These pictures are examples to show the effect.

•  [EZ] is an abbreviation of “Extra Optical Zoom”.

•  The Extra Optical Zoom does not work in [HIGH SENS.] and [HI-SPEED BURST] mode, so 

the picture size for [EZ] is not displayed.

•  Pictures may have a mosaic-like appearance depending on the subject or the recording 

condition.

•  Refer to P97 for the number of recordable pictures.

h

Set the compression rate at which the pictures are to be stored.

Applicable modes: 1 5

[h]:  Fine (when giving priority to the picture quality)

[8]:  Standard (when giving priority to the number of pictures to be recorded without changing 

the number of pixels)

•  Refer to P97 for information about the number of recordable pictures.

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