Canon SX50 HS Digital Camera User Manual


 
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StillImages
Shooting RAW Images
RAWimagesare“raw”(unprocessed)data,recordedwithessentiallyno
lossofimagequalityfromthecamera’sinternalimageprocessing.Use
DigitalPhotoProfessional(=
28)toadjustRAWimagesasdesiredwith
minimallossofimagequality.
Pressthe<m>button,choose[ ]in
themenu,andchoosethedesiredoption
(=
41).
RecordsJPEGimages.JPEGimagesareprocessedinthecameraforoptimal
imagequalityandcompressedtoreducelesize.However,thecompression
processisirreversible,andimagescannotberestoredtotheiroriginal,
unprocessedstate.Imageprocessingmayalsocausesomelossofimagequality.
RecordsRAWimages.RAWimagesare“raw”(unprocessed)data,recordedwith
essentiallynolossofimagequalityfromthecamera’simageprocessing.The
datacannotbeusedinthisstateforviewingorprintingonacomputer.Youmust
rstusetheincludedsoftware(DigitalPhotoProfessional)toconvertimagesto
ordinaryJPEGorTIFFles.Imagescanbeadjustedwithminimallossofimage
quality.
Fordetailsonresolutionandthenumberofshotsthatwilltonacard,see
“Specications”(=
274).
Recordstwoimages,bothaRAWimageandaJPEGimage,foreachshot.
TheJPEGimagecanbeprintedorviewedonacomputerwithoutusingthe
includedsoftware.
•WhentransferringRAWimages(orRAWandJPEGimages
recordedtogether)toacomputer,alwaysusetheincluded
software(=
28).
•Digitalzoom(=
55),datestamps(=
61),andred-eye
reduction(=
75)aresetto[Off]in[ ]and[ ]modes.
Additionally,i-Contrast(=
120),MyColors(=
125)andnoise
reductionlevel(=
118)cannotbecongured.
• TheleextensionforJPEGimagesis.JPG,andtheextensionforRAW
imagesis.CR2.
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