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Recording menu
Image size and quality are set in section 1 of the recording menu (p. 80). Changes are displayed on
the LCD monitor and data panel.
2560
2080
1600
640
2560 X 1920
2080 X 1560
1600 X 1200
640 X 480
Image quality controls the file type and rate of compression. TIFF and RAW are high-quality image
files. The extra fine, fine, and standard settings produce JPEG files at various rates of compression.
The higher the image quality, the lower the rate of compression and the larger the file sizes. If eco-
nomical use of the memory card is important, use the standard mode. The RAW & JPEG option cre-
ates two image files at one time, a 3264 X 2448 RAW file and a fine quality JPEG file with an image
size selected with the menu. The image files are saved with the same file name, but with different
extensions (p. 152). It can require more than 10 seconds to save RAW or TIFF files; the frame
counter turns yellow and no images can be captured during this period.
Only full-size images can be taken with RAW image quality. RAW images require special processing
before they can be used, refer to the DiMAGE Viewer software manual. Some camera functions
cannot be used with the RAW image-quality setting. See page 84 for more information.
Extra fine JPEG image
TIFF image
Fine JPEG image
Standard JPEG image
X.FIN
FINE
STD.
Image Size and Image Quality
RAW image
RAW
TIFF
RAW & JPEG image
RAW+
3264
3264 X 2448
3264
3264 X 2176 3:2
Image size affects the number of pixels in each image. The greater
the image size, the larger the file size. Choose image size based on
the final use of the image - smaller images are more suitable for web
sites whereas larger sizes produce higher quality prints. The 3264 X
2176 option uses a 3:2 image ratio instead of the usual ratio of 4:3.
When this is selected, the top and bottom of the monitor image is
masked.