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IMAGE QUALITY
This camera has five image quality settings: raw, super fine, fine,
standard, and economy. Always select the desired setting before
taking the picture. See ‘setting the function dial’ section on page 40.
Image quality controls the rate of compression, but has no effect on
the number of pixels in the image. The higher the image quality, the
lower the rate of compression and the larger the file sizes. The super-fine mode will
produce the highest quality image and the largest image files. If the economical use of
the CompactFlash card is important, use the economy mode. Standard image quality is
sufficient for normal usage.
File formats vary with the image quality setting. Super fine images are saved as a TIFF
file. The fine, standard, and economy settings are formatted as a JPEG file. Super fine,
fine, standard, and economy files are saved as 24-bit colour or 8-bit monochrome
images. RAW creates a file format that can only be read with the DiMAGE Image
Viewer Utility software.
If the image quality is changed, the data panel will display the approximate number of
images that can be recorded at that setting on the installed CompactFlash card. One
CompactFlash card can contain images with differing qualities.
RAW
S. FIN
FINE
STD
ECON
Economy - the smallest file sizes.
EVF and
LCD monitor
RAW - unprocessed image data.
Super fine - the highest quality image.
Fine - high quality image.
Standard - the default setting.