Canon A580 - Manual (Page 65)

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Commonly Used Shooting Functions
Approximate Values for Recording Pixels
: Approximate recording pixel numbers are shown. (M is short for megapixels.)
* Paper sizes vary according to region.
Changing the Recording Pixels
(Still Images)
Available Shooting Modes p. 189
1
Select the recording pixels.
1. Press the button.
2. Use the or button to select
and the or button to change
the recording pixels.
3. Press the button.
Recording Pixels Purpose*
Large 8M 3264 × 2448
High
Low
Printing to about A3-size
297 × 420 mm (11.7 × 16.5 in.)
Medium 1 5M 2592 × 1944
Printing to about A4-size
210 × 297 mm (8.3 × 11.7 in.)
Printing to about Letter-size
216 × 279 mm (8.5 × 11 in.)
Medium 2 3M 2048 × 1536
Printing to about A5-size
148 × 210 mm (6 × 8.3 in.)
Medium 3 2M 1600 × 1200
Printing postcard-size prints
148 × 100 mm (6 × 4 in.)
Printing L-size prints
119 × 89 mm (4.7 × 3.5 in.)
Small 0.3M 640 × 480
Sending images as e-mail
attachments or shoot more images.
Date Stamp
2M 1600 × 1200
Printing date-stamped images (p. 22) , in
L-size or postcard-size (you can check
the print area at a 3:2 aspect ratio as
you shoot).
Widescreen
3264 × 1832
Printing on wide size paper (you can check
the composition at a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Areas that will not be recorded appear on
the LCD monitor as a black border.)