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• Some menu items are not available depending on the position of the mode dial.

g “Functions available in shooting modes and scene modes” (P.72)

g “SETUP menus” (P.39)

• The factory default settings are displayed in gray (

).

Still picture image quality and their applications

*1

Not displayed when set to

h or

s.

*2

If you select [SQ1] or [SQ2], select [HIGH] or [NORMAL] after selecting the image size.

JPEG copy

Pictures taken in the [RAW] data format can be stored in JPEG format at the same time as they are
recorded in raw data. To record pictures in JPEG format you can select [SHQ], [HQ], [SQ1] or [SQ2]
for the record mode, but you cannot select the image size. Pictures are recorded in the size
currently set for each record mode.

1

IMAGE QUALITY

Changing the image quality

Image quality/

Image size

Compression

Application

RAW

*1

3072x2304

• Raw uncompressed data.
• Data is in ORF format.

SHQ

3072x2304

Low
compression

• This is useful for printing large images on

full-size paper. (For [3072x2304].)

• This is useful for ordering prints from a

photo store. (For [3 : 2 3072x2048].)

• This is useful for performing computer

image processing, such as contrast
adjustment and red-eye correction.

3 : 2
3072x2048

HQ

3072x2304

Standard
compression

3 : 2
3072x2048

SQ1

*2

2560x1920

Low
compression
(High quality) /
Standard
(Standard
compression)

• This is useful for printing on full-size

paper.

• This is useful for computer editing such

as rotating or adding text to a picture.

2304x1728
2048x1536

SQ2

*2

1600x1200

Low
compression
(High quality) /
Standard
(Standard
compression)

• This is useful for printing on A5 paper and

below.

• This is useful for viewing pictures on a

computer.

1280x960

1024x768

• This is useful for sending as e-mail

attachments.

640x480

16 : 9

1920x1080

Standard
compression

• This is useful for expressing the

broadness of a subject such as
landscapes and for viewing pictures on a
wide-screen television.

• In the [IMAGE QUALITY] screen, select [RAW], and press

3.

• Select a JPEG duplicate setting from [OFF], [SHQ], [HQ], [SQ1]

and [SQ2] and press

o. (Select [OFF] to save raw data only.)

nging the image quality

OK

MENU

SET

BACK

JPEG DUPLICATE SETTING

SHQ

OFF

HQ

SQ1

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