Guide to Image-Recording Quality Settings (Approx.)

Article ID: ART136132 | Date published: 05/13/2015 | Date last updated: 11/04/2015
 

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Guide to Image-Recording Quality Settings (Approx.)

Solution

  • If you select RAW and JPEG, the same image will be recorded simultaneously to the card in RAW and JPEG at the image recording quality that was set. The two images will be recorded with the same file numbers (file extension .JPG for JPEG and .CR2 for RAW).

  • The image-recording quality icons are as follows:  (RAW), (Medium RAW),  (Small RAW), JPEG, (Fine), (Normal), (Large), (Medium), and (Small).

About RAW

A RAW image is raw data output by the image sensor converted to digital data. It is recorded to the card as is, and you can select the quality as follows: , , or .

A image can be processed with [1: RAW image processing] and saved as a JPEG image. ( and images cannot be processed with the camera.) While the RAW image itself does not change, you can process the RAW image according to different conditions to create any number of JPEG images from it.

With all RAW images, you can use Digital Photo Professional (provided software) to make various adjustments and then generate a JPEG, TIFF, etc., image incorporating those adjustments.

Commercially-available software may not be able to display RAW images. Using the provided software is recommended.

 


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