Canon POWERSHOT G12 User Manual page 8

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Records a JPEG image. When JPEG images are recorded_ the images are

processed inside the camera for optimum image quality and compressed.

JPEG However the compression process is irreversible_ meaning that the raw data

cannot be recovered once it has been compressed. Moreover, the image

processing resutts in a deterioration in quatity.

Records a RAW image. A RAW image is raw data recorded with nearly no

deterioration in image quality resulting from image processing inside the camera.

This data cannot be used as is for viewing or printing on a computer. The supplied

software (Digital Photo Professional) must first be used to convert the image data

to a JPEG or TIFF file. When converting the image data, you can adjust the image

with minimal deterioration in image quality. Recording pixels will be fixed to 3648

x 2736, and data size of a single image wilt be approximately 14297 KB.

?wo irnagesl a RAW image and a JF'EG imagel wiJi be recorded with each shotl

Since a JPEG image is also recorded, you can print the image or view it on a

computer without using the supplied software.