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VI Basic Operations

 

 

 

 

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Photographing Images

In the REC menu, you can specify the photographing source, file format, image size, and compression rate when saving an image.

•For the source, choose either “s5M” or “s1.3M.” Choose “s5M” to obtain high picture quality.

NOTE: Refer to “Outline Guide to Source (Photographing Mode) Settings” in “1.4.2 Image File Settings－File Settings,” Chapter VI for details about the source.

•For the file format, choose either “JPEG” or “BMP.”

•If you choose “JPEG” for the file format, choose the compression rate (picture quality) from “Fine,” “Normal,” “Basic” or “Draft.”

•Choose the image size from “2560*1920,” “1280*960” or “640*480.”

At startup, settings that were made in File Settings of the SETUP menu are effective. However, your settings in the REC menu remain effective until you turn off the power.

For the relationship between image sizes and the sizes of image files, refer to the table shown below. Because the file size in JPEG format varies greatly with each image saved, the indicated values for other than BMP formats are approximate values.

 

Picture quality, high

 

 

File size, small

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File Type

BMP

JPEG

JPEG

JPEG

 

JPEG

 

 

Fine

Normal

Basic

 

Draft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2560*1920

14MB

4MB

1.8MB

1.2MB

 

900KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1280*960

3.6MB

1.5MB

600KB

400KB

 

350KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

640*480

900KB

450KB

220KB

150KB

 

120KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the REC menu, you can further save a comment or overlay a print along with the image.

Comment

Select the “Attach Log File” check box, and enter a comment in the input box. That way, you can save photographing information or comments in text format (up to 100 characters) at the same time you save an image.

You may enter the subject name, number, and the objective magnification, for example, to facilitate confirmation at a later time.

When you save an image in BMP format, the comment is saved to a file named after the image with the extension “txt” added.

When you save an image in JPEG format, it is saved to a file named after the image with the extension “txt” added. Further, it is embedded in the image file as Exif information.

NOTE: If you select the check box labeled “with LOG.txt” in File Settings of the SETUP menu, the function to save a log (comment statement) along with an image is enabled. In the REC menu, you can dispense with this setting to attach a log when saving an image.

Overlay print

Pen drawing, text, count marker, and superimpose are saved overlapping on top of the image in the same position as displayed on the screen.

Scale and crosslines are saved according to the Scale and Cross settings on the REC menu. If a Scale or Cross check box is selected, scale or crosslines are saved in the image data. When deselected, they are not saved in the image data though displayed on the screen.

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