Canon 60D instruction manual About RAW

3Setting the Image-recording Quality

If the image’s aspect ratio is different from the printing paper’s aspect ratio, the image may be cropped significantly if you print it as a borderless print. If the image is cropped, it may look more grainy on the paper due to the fewer number of pixels.

If you select both RAW and JPEG, the same image will be recorded simultaneously to the card in both file types at the selected image- recording quality. The two images will be saved in the same folder with the same file numbers (file extension .JPG for JPEG and .CR2 for RAW). The image-recording quality settings are named as follows: 1(RAW), 41(Medium RAW), 61(Small RAW), JPEG, 7(Fine), 8 (Normal), 3(Large), 4(Medium), 6(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: 1, 41, or 61.

A 1image can be processed with the [3RAW image processing] menu (p.224) and saved as a JPEG image. (41and 61images 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 the provided software to make various adjustments and then generate a JPEG, TIFF, etc., image incorporating those adjustments.

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

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