71Color spaceYou can set the color space the camera uses.1 Press [MENU] in the shooting mode.2 Select Shooting 1 ( 1) Color Spacean option.RGB sRGB Set the color space to sRGB.RGB Adobe RGB Set the color space to Adobe RGB.What is color space?The image In/Output devices such as digitalcamera, monitor and printer hold different ranges ofreproducing each color.The possible range of color reproduction is referred toas color space. Several standards of color space arefixed for each device. This camera support sRGB andAdobe RGB. sRGB is diversely used in the deviceslike computer. It is recommended to use sRGB forregular images. sRGB standards for Internationalstandard of color space established by the IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission).This is defined from color space for PC monitors andis also used as the standard color space for Exif.Adobe RGB is the color space recommended byAdobe Systems, Inc. for commercial printing andhas wider range of color reproduction than sRGB.Adobe RGB covers most of the color range so colorsonly available when printed are not lost when editingimages from a computer. When image is opened bynon-compatible software, the colors look lighter.Brightness and color adjustment of picture• When you set the color space to Adobe RGB, thecamera saves picture files in the "_SAMXXXX.JPG"format.• You can set the Color Space function directly bypressing [Fn] in the Shooting mode.
