Setting the File Format

You can set the format of image files.

Captures images in JPEG format (default setting).

JPEG You can change the number of recorded pixels in [JPEG Recorded Pixels], and the image quality level in [JPEG Quality].

RAW format is a CMOS sensor output format saved without processing. Effects of White Balance, Custom Image and Color Space are not applied to the captured images, but they are saved as actual original

RAW information. When you perform the development process by using RAW Development function (p.259), or using the provided software (PENTAX Digital Camera Utility 4) after transferring RAW data to a computer, you can create JPEG images with these effects.

Images are saved in both RAW and JPEG formats.

RAW+ When [One Push File Format] is assigned to the button, you can press the button to temporarily change the file format and save an image in

both file formats. (p.198)

When Digital Filter, HDR Capture or Cross Processing is set, the file format is fixed to [JPEG] and cannot be changed. To change the file format, turn these functions off.

1 Press the Mbutton in the status screen.

The control panel appears.

Press the Mbutton when the status screen is not displayed.

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2 Use the four-way controller (2345) to select [File Format] and press the 4button.

The [File Format] screen appears.

File Format

OFF

OFF

HDR

OFF

 

 

AF.A

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