Sony DSC-P8 - Manual (Page 19)

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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.
You can resize the images later (Resize
function, see page 65). 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.
Image size Examples
5.0M
(DSC-P10/P12)
2592×1944 Very fine print
4.5M(3:2) 1)
(DSC-P10/P12)
2592 (3:2) 3:2 prints 1)
3.1M 2048×1536 Printing A4 size images
2.8M(3:2) 1)
(DSC-P8)
2048 (3:2) 3:2 prints 1)
2.0M
(DSC-P8)
1632×1224 Printing A5 size images
1.2M 1280×960 Printing postcard size images
VGA 640×480 Creating home pages