Taking pictures
Using the [Rec] menu
••For the setting procedures of the menu. (→52)
[Quality]
■■Recording modes: 
This function allows you to select the file format, e. g. JPEG and/or RAW, and in the case of JPEG, the compression rate. [RAW] is especially suited for the subsequent comprehensive editing of the image data using respective software such as Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®, which is available after registering your camera on the Leica Camera AG homepage (→209). The JPEG setting [Fine] delivers higher image quality than [Standard] due to its lower compression rate, while the latter has the advantage of smaller files.
■■Settings
[Fine] | Gives priority to picture quality by saving pictures in | |
JPEG file format with a low compression rate. | ||
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[Standard] | Gives priority to file size by saving pictures in JPEG file | |
format using a standard compression rate. | ||
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[RAW+Fine] | Saves pictures in JPEG and RAW file format.∗1 | |
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[RAW+Standard] | ||
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[RAW] | Saves pictures in the RAW file format only.∗2 | |
[3D+Fine] | Simultaneously saves 3D picture data (MPO) and | |
| pictures in JPEG file format. (Only when [3D Photo | |
[3D+Standard] | ||
Mode] Scene mode is set.) |
∗1 If you delete a RAW file from the camera, the corresponding JPEG file is also deleted. ∗2 You cannot set the resolution. (The pictures are saved using the maximum recordable
resolution for each aspect ratio.)
■■About the RAW format
You can perform comprehensive editing of RAW pictures using the available software available as download after registering your camera at the Leica Camera AG homepage (→209).
(The edited pictures can be saved in a file format such as JPEG that can be displayed on your computer.)
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