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Data
panel
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 JPEGfile. Super fine,
fine, standard, and economy files are saved as 24-bit color 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.
RAWS. FINFINESTDECON Economy - the smallest file sizes.
RECORDING MODE
EVF and
LCD monitor
RAW - unprocessed image data.
Super fine - the highest quality image.
Fine - high quality image.
Standard - the default setting.
IMAGE SIZE
Changing image size affects the number of pixels in each image.
The greater the image size, the larger the file size. Choose image
size based on the final use of the image - smaller images will be
more suitable for web sites whereas larger sizes will produce higher
quality prints.
Image size must be set before the picture is taken. Changes made
to image size are displayed on the data panel, EVF, and LCD monitor. Image size must
be reset manually. See setting the function dial section on page 40.
Data panel EVF and
LCD monitor
2560 (2048)*
16001280640Number of pixels
(hor. X vert.)
2560 X 1920
(2048 X1536)*
1600 X 1200
1280 X 960
640 X 480
Image size
FULL
UXGA
SXGA
VGA
* The number in parentheses indicates the value for the DiMAGE5.
The frame counter indicates the approximate number of images that can be stored on
the CompactFlash card at the camera’s image quality and size settings. If the settings
are changed, the frame counter adjusts accordingly. Because the calculation is based
on average file sizes, the actual image may not change the counter or may decrease it
by more than one. The frame counter cannot exceed 999. When the number of record-
able images exceeds this, 999 will be displayed. The frame counter will continue to
count down when the number of recordable images falls below one thousand.