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Settings Shooting

Setting the File Format

You can set the format of image files. The default setting is JPEG.

Captures images in JPEG format. You can change the number of

JPEG recorded pixels from [JPEG Rec. Pixels] in the [ARec. Mode] menu, and the image quality level from [JPEG Quality] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu.

The file size varies according to the settings.

RAW data is CCD output data saved without processing.

Effects such as White Balance, Custom Image and Color Space are not RAW applied to the image but such information is saved. Use RAW Display

(p.185) or transfer to a PC, apply effects with the enclosed PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 and create JPEG image.

RAW+ Image is saved in both RAW and JPEG formats. When the button is pressed, images are temporarily captured in both formats. (p.19)

Set [File Format] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu (p.74).

When the file format is changed, the number of recordable images appears at the top right of the screen.

 

 

128

 

 

Recordable image no.

 

 

 

 

 

AF Mode

AF.S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AE Metering

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select AF point

 

 

 

 

 

 

File Format

 

JPEG

 

 

 

 

JPEG Rec. Pixels

 

RAW

 

 

 

 

JPEG Quality

RAW+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU Cancel

 

OK OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting the RAW File Format

You can select PEF or DNG format in [RAW file format] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu (p.74) when images are captured in RAW format. The default setting is PEF format.

PEF

PENTAX original RAW file format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNG

General-purpose, publicly available RAW file format designed by Adobe Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rec. Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAW file format

PEF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Space

DNG

 

 

 

 

RAW button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input Focal Length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU Cancel

OK OK