Nikon Coolpix 3500 - Manual (Page 61)

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Taking Pictur
e
s—Fine-T
uning Camera Settings
IMAGE QUALITY
MENU SELECT SET OFF
Option Description
FINE
Fine image quality, suitable for enlarge-
ments or high-quality prints.
BASIC
Basic image quality, suitable for pictures
that will be distributed by e-mail or used in
web pages.
NORMAL
Normal image quality, suited to most ap-
plications.
FINE
NORMAL
BASIC
16-MB memory card 32-MB memory card
*Figures are approximate. File size of JPEG images depends on scene record-
ed, producing wide variations in number of images that can be stored.
Image Quality
To reduce the amount of memory that each shot
occupies, pictures are compressed as they are saved
to the memory card. Compression selectively re-
duces the quality of the image; the more the pic-
ture 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 dis-
played and on the type of subject). The image-quality menu allows you to
choose the amount of compression performed.
To get an idea of how different settings for image quality and size affect the
number of pictures that can be stored, view the table below, which shows the
approximate number of pictures that can be stored on 16- and 32-megabyte
memory cards at different combinations of image quality and size.
Compression
ratio (approx.)
1 : 4
1 : 16
1 : 8
10
19
37
2048
16
31
59
1600
24
47
86
1280
86
144
229
640
37
69
121
1024
172
287
457
640
32
62
117
1600
49
94
172
1280
75
138
242
1024
20
39
75
2048