Sony DSC-S500 - Manual (Page 15)

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A digital image is made up of a collection of small dots called pixels.
If it contains a large number of pixels, the picture becomes large, it takes up more memory,
and the image is displayed in fine detail. “Image size” is shown by the number of pixels.
Although you cannot see the differences on the screen of the camera, the fine detail and data
processing time differ when the image is printed or displayed on a computer screen.
Description of the pixels and the image size
Selecting the image size for use
The default settings are marked with .
* Images are recorded in the same 3:2 aspect ratio as photograph printing paper or postcards, etc.
Selecting the image quality (compression ratio) in combination (page 32)
You can select the compression ratio when digital images are saved. When you select a high
compression ratio, the image lacks the fineness of detail, but has a smaller file size.
Quality On “image quality” and “image size”
1 Image size: 6M
2,816 pixels × 2,112 pixels = 5,947,392 pixels
2 Image size: VGA (E-Mail)
640 pixels × 480 pixels = 307,200 pixels
Pixel
Many pixels (Fine
image quality and
large file size)
Example: Printing in
up to A4 size
Few pixels (Rough
image quality but
small file size)
Example: An attached
image to be sent by e-
mail
Image size Usage guidelines
6M (2816×2112) Larger
Smaller
For printing in A4 size or high density images in A5 size
3:2 (2816×1872)*
3M (2048×1536)
2M (1632×1224) For printing in postcard size
For recording a large number of images
For attaching images to e-mail or creating web pages
VGA (E-Mail)
(640×480)
2816
2112
480
640
Pixels