Advanced (Recording pictures)- 86 -Note• “EZ” is an abbreviation of “Extra optical Zoom”.• A digital picture is made of numerous dots called pixels. Thehigher the numbers of pixels, the finer the picture will bewhen it is printed on a large piece of paper or displayed on aPC monitor.A Many pixels (Fine)B Few pixels (Rough)¢ These pictures are examples to show the effect.• If you change the aspect ratio, set the picture size again.• The extra optical zoom does not work in [TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST],[FLASH BURST], [PIN HOLE] or [FILM GRAIN] in scene mode so the picture size for [ ] isnot displayed.• Pictures may appear mosaic depending on the subject and the recording conditions.• Refer to P164 for information about the number of recordable pictures.For details on [REC] mode menu settings, refer to P24.Set the compression rate at which the pictures are to be stored.Applicable modes: ³²¿¢1 It is fixed to maximum recordable pixels of each aspect ratio( , , ).¢2 If you delete a RAW file from the camera, the corresponding JPEG image will also bedeleted.Note• If a RAW picture is recorded with the built-in memory, it will take time to write the picture data.• Refer to P164 for information about the number of recordable pictures.• You can enjoy more advanced picture editing if you use RAW files. You can save RAW files in afile format (JPEG, TIFF etc.) that can be displayed on your PC etc., develop them and edit themusing the software “SILKYPIX Developer Studio” by Ichikawa Soft Laboratory on the CD-ROM(supplied).• [ ] images are recorded with a smaller data volume than [ ].• The following [PLAYBACK] mode menu can be used for [ ] or [ ].– [CALENDAR]– [ROTATE]– [PROTECT][QUALITY][A]: Fine (when giving priority to the picture quality)[›]: Standard (when using the standard picture quality and increasing the number ofpictures to be recorded without changing the number of pixels)[ ]: RAW file (When the image is to be edited with a PC in high quality)¢1[ ]: RAWiJPEG file: (In addition to the [RAW] settings, a standard-equivalent JPEGimage is simultaneously created.)¢2
