beautypg.com

Image size – Nikon 5400 User Manual

Page 67

background image

55

Mor

e on Photogr

aphy

Image Size

Image size refers to the physical dimensions of the picture, measured in
pixels. Pictures taken at smaller sizes require less memory to store, making
them suited to distribution by e-mail and the web. Conversely, the larger
the image, the larger the size at which it can be printed or displayed without
becoming noticeably “grainy.” Choose an image size according to the space
available on the memory card and the task at hand.

Description

Option

1024 × 768

Suited to printing at smaller sizes (for example, as in illustration in
a letter or report), or to display on monitors 17˝ or larger.

1280 × 960

Will print at a size of about 10.8 × 8.1 cm (4˝ Ч 3˝).

*

1600 Ч 1200 Will print at a size of about 13.5 × 10.2 cm (5

1

/

3

˝ Ч 4˝).

*

2592 Ч 1944 Will print at a size of about 21.9 × 16.5 cm (8 ½˝ Ч 6 ½˝).

*

2592 Ч 1728

The top and bottom of the frame are cropped out to produce a
picture of the same proportions as photographs taken with a 35-
mm fi lm camera. The green (AF) lamp blinks slowly to show that
pictures can not be accurately framed in the viewfi nder.

640 × 480

Can be displayed full screen on 13˝ monitors. Suited to distribu-
tion by e-mail or the web.

* Assumes a printer resolution of 300 dpi.

Print Size

The size of images when printed depends on the printer resolution: the higher the
resolution, the smaller the fi nal print size.