Setting The File Format - Pentax K20D User Manual

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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
recorded pixels from [JPEG Rec. Pixels] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu,
JPEG
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 CMOS sensor output data saved without processing.
Effects such as White Balance, Custom Image and Color Space are
RAW not applied to the image but such information is saved. Use Raw
Display (p.197) or transfer to a PC, apply effects with the enclosed
PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 and create JPEG or TIFF images.
Image is saved in both RAW and JPEG formats. When the | button
RAW+
is pressed, images are temporarily captured in both formats. (p.19)
Set [File Format] in the [A Rec. Mode] menu. (p.72)
When the file format is changed, the number of recordable images
appears at the top right of the screen.
You can select PEF or DNG format in [RAW file format] in the [A Rec.
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Mode] menu 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
JPEG Rec. Pixels
JPEG Quality
File Format
RAW file format
Extended Bracket
Multi-exposure
MENU
128
14.6
M
JPEG
RAW
RAW+
Off
Cancel OK
OK
Rec. Mode
JPEG Rec. Pixels
14.6
JPEG Quality
File Format JPEG
RAW file format PEF
Extended Bracket DNG
Multi-exposure Off
Cancel
MENU
M
OK
OK