Sony DSLR-A100 User's Manual / Troubleshooting page 84

For detailson the operation _ page 80
"_" About RAW files
Tile digital camera receives the image of the subject captured by the CCD (Charge-Coupled Dex ice), which
acts as the fihn lot a normal camera. The RAW tormat file is the raw data recorded on tl_e CCD yet to go
through any kind of digital processing. A RAW tile is ditt_rent fi;om a more common file tormat such as
JPEG in that it is the raw material to be processed tot prolcssional purposes. You need the "hnage Data
Converter SR" software included on the CD-ROM (supplied) in order to open a RAW tile recorded on tills
camera. With tbis software, a RAW file can be opened and comerted to a common fi)rnlaL such as JPEG or
TIFF, and ils while balance, color saturation, contrast, etc., can be readjusted.
• Recording a RAW tormat image entails the tollowing limitations.
The image size is fixed to the largest size (L: IOM)
The RAW file cannot be printed using a DPOF (prinl) designated printer or a PictBridge compliant
printer.
Unlike a JPEG image, a RAW image does not go through any basic image processing, so its colors
cannot be accurutely reproduced in playback mode or on an instant playback screen. If the data is
correctly recorded, accurale co]ors ctln be reproduced on
a colnpuler,
After an image is recerded, you can display it on the LCD menitor lk_rtwe. five. or 10
seconds. You can also delete it during instant playback.
10 see. Displays the image on Ihe LCD monitor for 10 seconds.
5 see. Displays the image on Ihe LCD monitor for five seconds.
2see. Displays the image on the LCD monitor for t_ o seconds.
Off Does not display the image.
To delete the image during instant playback
Press _ (Delete), then select [Ycsl on the confirmation screen with • on tile controller, then press the
center of the controller,
• During instant playback, you cam switch tile recording inlormation on and off (page 72), cboose to display
the histogram (page 74), or enlarge the image (page 77). If a local locus fi+ame is selected when an image
is enlarged, the image is enlarged centering around the selected trame.
• Instant playback of continuous shooting, continuous bracket, and white balance bracket shows only the
image recorded last. If you delete tile image tollowing tile process above, only the displayed image is
deleted.
• In instant playback, the image will not be displayed in the vertical position even if you set ]Play. display]
to [Auto romtel (page 97).
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