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## Image Size/Panorama Image Size

Image size when shooting still images
Image size in Easy Mode
Image size when shooting Sweep Panorama
Image size when shooting movies
The image size determines the size of the image file that is recorded when you take an image.
The larger the image size, the more detail will be reproduced when the image is printed on large-format paper. The smaller the image size, the more images can be recorded.

1. MENU (Image Size)/ (Panorama Image Size) desired size

On “image quality” and “image size”
A digital image is made up of a collection of small dots called pixels.
If it contains a large number of pixels (A), the image 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.

1. Image size: 16M

4608 pixels × 3456 pixels = 15,925,248 pixels

1. Image size: VGA

640 pixels × 480 pixels = 307,200 pixels
Many pixels
(Fine image quality and large file size)
Few pixels
(Rough image quality but small file size)

### Image size when shooting still images

| Image size | Usage guidelines | No. of images | Printing
| (4608×3456) | For prints up to A3+ size | Less More | Fine Rough
| (3648×2736)
| (2592×1944) | For prints from 10×15 cm up to A4 size
| (640×480) | For e-mail attachments
| (4608×2592) | For viewing on a high-definition TV and printing up to A3 size | Less More | Fine Rough
| (1920×1080) | For viewing on a high-definition TV

Note

- When you print still images recorded at a 16:9 aspect ratio or panorama images, both edges may be cut off.

### Image size in Easy Mode

| Large | Shoots images in [16M] size.
| Small | Shoots images in [5M] size.

### Image size when shooting Sweep Panorama

| (Standard) (Horizontal: 4912 × 1080) (Vertical: 3424 × 1920) | Shoots images using standard size.
| (Wide) (Horizontal: 7152 × 1080) (Vertical: 4912 × 1920) | Shoots images using wide size.

### Image size when shooting movies

The larger the size of the movie image, the higher the image quality. The higher the amount of data used per second (average bit-rate), the smoother the playback image.
Movies shot with this camera are recorded in MPEG-4 format, at approximately 30 frames/sec, in progressive mode, with AAC audio, mp4 format.

| Movie image size | Average bit-rate | Usage guidelines
| 1280x720(Fine) | 9 Mbps | Shoots highest quality movies for display on High Definition TV.
| 1280x720(Standard) | 6 Mbps | Shoots standard quality movies for display on High Definition TV.
| VGA | 3 Mbps | Shoots an image size suitable for WEB upload.

Note

- A telephoto image results if [VGA] image size is selected when shooting movies.

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