Advanced (Recording pictures)
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Note
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“EZ” is an abbreviation of “Extra Optical Zoom”.
• A digital picture is made of numerous dots called pixels. The 
higher the numbers of pixels, the finer the picture will be 
when it is printed on a large piece of paper or displayed on a 
PC monitor.
A Many pixels (Fine)
B Few pixels (Rough)
¢ These pictures are examples to show the effect.
• If you change the aspect ratio, set the picture size again.
• The Extra Optical Zoom does not work when Macro Zoom is set or in [TRANSFORM], 
[HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST], [PIN HOLE] and [PHOTO FRAME] in 
Scene Mode so the picture size for [ ] is not displayed.
• Pictures may appear in mosaic depending on the subject and the recording conditions.
• Refer to P184 for information about the number of recordable pictures.
For details on [REC] Mode menu settings, refer to P22.
Set the compression rate at which the pictures are to be stored.
Applicable modes:
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Note
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Refer to P184 for information about the number of recordable pictures.
 [QUALITY]
[A]: Fine (when giving priority to the picture quality)
[›]: Standard (when using the standard picture quality and increasing the number of 
pictures to be recorded without changing the number of pixels)