Nikon 4500 User Manual

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Menu Guide—The Shooting Menu

Image Quality

To reduce the amount of memory that each shot
occupies, pictures taken at settings other than HI
are compressed as they are saved to the memory
card. Compression selectively reduces the quality
of the image; the more the picture is compressed,
the more noticeable this loss of quality is likely to
be. The actual effect depends on the size of the
picture when printed or displayed and on the type
of subject.

Confirming Image Quality and Size Settings

The current image quality and size settings are dis-
played in the monitor. Image size is not displayed
at a setting of 2272

1704.

No compression

TIFF

(P, S, A,

M modes

only)

Maximum image quality. Use when
fidelity is of paramount importance.
Only available at image sizes of
2272

1704 and 2272

1520.

1 : 4

JPEG

FINE

Fine image quality, suitable for en-
largements or high-quality prints.

Compression

ratio (approx.)

File

format

Option

Description

1 : 8

JPEG

NORMAL

Normal image quality, suited to most
applications.

1 : 16

JPEG

BASIC

Basic image quality, suitable for pho-
tographs that will be distributed by
e-mail or used in web pages.